Jack Gray-Spence

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Jack Gray-Spence
Personal information
Full nameJohn Alfred Gray-Spence
Born(1910-01-10)10 January 1910
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died5 May 1992(1992-05-05) (aged 82)
Coogee, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1933–34 University 24150045
1935 St. George Dragons 10000
Total25150045
Source: Whiticker/Hudspn

John Alfred Gray-Spence (1910-1992) was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player from the 1930s and 1940s.

Jack Grey-Spence was a brilliant winger for the Sydney University rugby league team. He played two seasons with them in 1933–1934, and Gray-Spence was the NSWRFL top try scorer in 1933. He moved to St George Dragons in 1935 before retiring from rugby league. Jack switched to rugby and played for St. George and Randwick rugby union clubs into the 1940s. He also represented New South Wales in Rugby. [1]

Jack Grey-Spence died on 5 May 1992, aged 82. [2]

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References

  1. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ( ISBN   1875169571
  2. Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice, 06/05/1992