Jack Spencer (Balmain Tigers)

For other people named Jack Spencer, see Jack Spencer (disambiguation).
Jack Spencer
Spencer 1947
Personal information
Died 1998
Bateau Bay
Playing information
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1942–51 Balmain
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1945 New South Wales 2

Jack Spencer (died 1998) was an Australian rugby league player from the 1940s and 1950s, a state representative prop forward who won two premierships with the Balmain Tigers in Sydney.

Jack Spencer had a long top-grade career playing eleven seasons at the Balmain Tigers between 1942 and 1951. He also represented New South Wales on two occasions in 1945. Spencer was a rugged forward who played in two winning premiership teams in 1946 and 1947. He also played in losing grand finals in 1945 and 1948. He was the father of another premiership winning Balmain player, named John Spencer, who played between 1966-1975.[1]

Jack Spencer died at Bateau Bay, New South Wales on 10 February 1998.[2]

Spencer standing 3rd from right in the Tigers 1947 premiership side

References

  1. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
  2. Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 12/2/1998
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