Jack Shooter

Jack Shooter
Full nameJohn Henry Shooter
Born(1874-03-25)25 March 1874
Nottingham, England
Died13 August 1922(1922-08-13) (aged 48)
Leeds, England
Rugby union career
Position Forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1899–00 England 4 (0)
Rugby league career
Playing information
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1900–07 Hunslet 205 6 0 0 18
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1902 Yorkshire 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

John Henry Shooter (25 March 1874 – 13 August 1922) was an English international rugby union player.

Born in Nottingham, Shooter played with Yorkshire club Morley RFC and was a regular Yorkshire representative player from 1896 to 1900.[2] He gained four caps as a forward for England across the 1898–99 1899–90 seasons, before moving on to professional rugby with Hunslet in the Northern Rugby Football Union.[3] At Hunslet, Shooter was part of a group of forwards referred to as the "terrible six".[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Player Summary: Snowy Shooter". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers' Club. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Death of Noted Rugby Player". Liverpool Daily Post. 15 August 1922.
  3. ↑ "Jack Shooter (Rugby International)". www.morleyarchives.org.uk. 18 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Hunslet's Heritage – the men who saw in the 20th century". Hunslet RLFC. 26 August 2021.
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