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Australian rugby league footballer For the Newfoundland cricketer sometimes known as "Jack", see John Shannon Munn.

Jack Warren Munn
Personal information
Full nameJack Warren Munn
Born(1921-05-30)30 May 1921
Maroubra, New South Wales, Australia
Died25 June 1993(1993-06-25) (aged 72)
Jannali, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1946–49,1951 St. George 42 8 1 0 26
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1946 New South Wales 2 0 0 0 0
1950 Queensland 1 0 0 0 0
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Jack Warren Munn (1921–1993) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1940s and 1950s in the New South Wales premiership competition and was a state representative.

Career

Munn was a prop-forward who played with St. George immediately after World War II. After his discharge from the AIF, Jack Munn joined St George and played five seasons between 1946-1949 and 1951.

He moved the Queensland in 1950, and represented Queensland against New South Wales in that year before returning to St George. Munn scored a try in the club's 1946 Grand final loss to Balmain.

He won a premiership with St. George when he played prop in the 1949 Grand Final. In 1950, Munn accepted a captain coach role for Ingham, Queensland and consequentially played representative football for Queensland. in 1950 and only a bad injury stopped him from playing for the Kangaroos.

Death

Munn died on 25 June 1993, aged 72.

Munn (middle row, 3rd from left) in StGeorge's 1946 side - minor premiers

References

  1. "Jack Munn - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. "Munn at WWII Roll". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  3. "DVA's Nominal Rolls". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  4. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995 edition. ISBN 1 87516957 1
  5. "Munn for Ingham". Maryborough Chronicle. 31 March 1950.
  6. "Jack Munn Unlucky". The St George Call (Kogarah). 26 May 1950.
  7. Sydney Morning Herald - Death notice - 26/06/1993
St. George squad - 1949 NSWRFL Premiers (2nd title)
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