Jack Coote

 ( 1907 Births ) 

John Joseph Coote (1907–1986) was a rugby league footballer who played in the Australian competition, the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). A junior of the Sydney Roosters club, Coote was the father of Australian Rugby League Immortal Ron Coote.

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Playing career A forward, Coote played in some of the great Sydney Roosters sides of the mid-thirties, highlighted by an appearance in the 1936 premiership decider. Coote also won two further premierships with Eastern Suburbs in 1935 and 1937.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ()

Coote played five first grade seasons with Sydney Roosters: 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936 and 1937. During the early 1930s, Coote was captain-coach of Condobolin, New South Wales and won premiership shield with them in 1931. He retired at the end of the 1937 NSWRFL season.

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Death Coote died in 1986.Sydney Morning Herald, Death Notice: John Joseph Coote, late of Bateau Bay. 26/11/1986

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Sources

• The Encyclopedia of Rugby League; Alan Whiticker and Glen Hudson

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