Jack Potts

Jack Potts

Full name	John Maxwell Potts
Date of birth	(1936-02-21)21 February 1936
Place of birth	Tenterfield, NSW, Australia
Date of death	1 June 2023(2023-06-01) (aged 87)
Height	182 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]

See also

• List of Australia national rugby union players

References

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.

External links

• Jack Potts at ESPNscrum