Jack Goddard

Jack Goddard

Full name	John Wood Goddard
Date of birth	31 January 1920
Place of birth	Timaru, New Zealand
Date of death	22 October 1996 (aged 76)
Place of death	Timaru, New Zealand
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
School	Timaru Boys' High School
Notable relative(s)	Morrie Goddard (brother)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Fullback
New Zealand No.	499
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1941, 1944–51	South Canterbury	53
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1949	New Zealand	0	(0)

John Wood "Jack" Goddard (31 January 1920 – 22 October 1996) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A fullback, Goddard represented South Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1949 tour of South Africa. He played eight matches for the All Blacks on that tour but, as the number two fullback behind Bob Scott, he did not appear in any of the Test matches.^[1]

Goddard died at Timaru on 22 October 1996,^[1] and was buried at Timaru Cemetery.^[2]

References

1. Knight, Lindsay. "Jack Goddard". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
2. "Cemetery search". Timaru District Council. Retrieved 31 January 2016.