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Jack Potts
Full nameJohn Maxwell Potts
Date of birth(1936-02-21)21 February 1936
Place of birthTenterfield, NSW, Australia
Date of death1 June 2023(2023-06-01) (aged 87)
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1957–59 Australia 5 (0)

John Maxwell Potts (21 February 1936 — 1 June 2023) was an Australian rugby union international.

Potts, a Waverley College product, played rugby for Sydney University while studying law and in 1956 was a member of the Australian Universities team that toured Japan.[1]

A tall centre who had a high striding gait, Potts was capped five times for the Wallabies, beginning with two Tests against the visiting All Blacks in 1957. He gained a further two caps on the 1957–58 tour of Britain, Ireland and France, then in 1959 played against the British Lions in Brisbane.[2]

Potts was the first-grade coach of Sydney University in 1975.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "John 'Jack' Maxwell Potts". classicwallabies.com.au.
  2. ^ "Vale Jack Potts". www.sydneyunirugby.com.au. 5 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Gordon try to stop the 'rot'". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 April 1975.
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