John Rosewell
Birth name | John Solomon Hargraves Rosewell[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 July 1882 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 20 November 1931 | (aged 49)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Maroubra, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John S. H. Rosewell (1 July 1882 – 20 November 1931) was an Australian rugby union and pioneer professional rugby league footballer and represented his country at both sports – a dual-code international.
Rugby union career
His rugby union career was played with the South Sydney RUFC. Rosewell was 28 years of age before he first saw representative success making four appearances in 1907 against the
Rugby league career
He joined the new rugby league code in its first year – 1908, starting with the
He spent three seasons at South Sydney playing 29 matches scoring 4 tries and 6 goals. He was a member of the 1910 Rabbitohs side that drew the
He was selected on the pioneer 1908 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and played one tour match. For the 1911 and 1912 seasons he saw out his playing career with the Annandale club
In 1913 he was the first grade coach of the Rabbitohs.
Death
After his retirement from football, Johnny Rosewell worked at the
Sources
- Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney
- Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League, Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney