| Full name | John Henry Shooter | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1874-03-25)25 March 1874 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 August 1922(1922-08-13) (aged 48) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||||
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John Henry Shooter (25 March 1874 – 13 August 1922) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Nottingham, Shooter played with Yorkshire club Morley RFC and was a regular Yorkshire representative player from 1896 to 1900. He gained four caps as a forward for England across the 1898–99 1899–90 seasons, before moving on to professional rugby with Hunslet in the Northern Rugby Football Union. At Hunslet, Shooter was part of a group of forwards referred to as the "terrible six".
See also
References
- "Death of Noted Rugby Player". Liverpool Daily Post. 15 August 1922.
- "Jack Shooter (Rugby International)". www.morleyarchives.org.uk. 18 August 2014.
- "Hunslet's Heritage – the men who saw in the 20th century". Hunslet RLFC. 26 August 2021.
External links
- Jack Shooter at ESPNscrum
- 1874 births
- 1922 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- English rugby league players
- Footballers who switched code
- Rugby union forwards
- Rugby union players from West Yorkshire
- Sportspeople from Morley, West Yorkshire
- Yorkshire County RFU players
- Morley R.F.C. players
- Hunslet F.C. (1883) players