Jock Blackwood

Jock Blackwood
Full name John Garven Blackwood[1]
Date of birth (1899-08-26)26 August 1899[1]
Place of birth Mona Vale, New South Wales [1]
Date of death c. 1979[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position hooker[1]
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Eastern Suburbs RUFC
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1922–28[1] Wallabies 21[1] (0)[1]

John Garven "Jock" Blackwood (26 August 1899 – c. 1979) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

Blackwood, a hooker, was born in Mona Vale, New South Wales and claimed a total of 21 international rugby caps for Australia. He was inducted into the Australian Rugby Union's Hall of Fame in 2015.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Scrum.com player profile of Jock Blackwood". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. "Wallabies full-back Israel Folau wins John Eales Medal for second successive year". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.


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