Jack Coote
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Jack Coote was a rugby league
player in the Australia
n competition, the New South Wales Rugby League
(NSWRL).
A junior of the Eastern Suburbs
club, Jack Coote was the father of Australian Rugby League Hall of Famer Ron Coote
. A forward
, Coote played in some of the great Easts'
sides of the mid-thirties, highlighted by an appearance in the 1936 premiership decider
.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n competition, the New South Wales Rugby League
New South Wales Rugby League
The New South Wales Rugby League is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League until 1984 when forward thinking marketing managers decided...
(NSWRL).
A junior of the Eastern Suburbs
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
club, Jack Coote was the father of Australian Rugby League Hall of Famer Ron Coote
Ron Coote
Ron Coote AM is an Australian former representative rugby league player whose club career was played with the South Sydney and Eastern Suburbs, both of whom he won premierships with. He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century...
. A forward
Rugby league positions
A rugby league football team consists of thirteen players on the field, with four substitutes on the bench. Players are divided into two general categories: "forwards" and "backs"....
, Coote played in some of the great Easts'
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
sides of the mid-thirties, highlighted by an appearance in the 1936 premiership decider
New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1936
The 1936 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the twenty-ninth season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football club competition, Australia's first...
.