Johnno Stuntz

Johnno Stuntz

Stuntz in 1907
Personal information
Full name	John Stuntz
Born	(1884-06-27)27 June 1884 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	3 May 1917(1917-05-03) (aged 32) Bullecourt, France
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1908–09 Eastern Suburbs 6 7 0 0 21 1909–10 Warrington 19 13 0 0 39 1911 Western Suburbs 6 1 0 0 3 1913 South Sydney 4 1 0 0 3 Total 35 22 0 0 66 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1909 Australia 1 1 0 0 3 1911 New South Wales 5 4 0 0 12 1908–11 Metropolis 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] As of 19 June 2019

John "Johnno" Stuntz (1884–1917) was an Australian pioneer

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Rugby league career

One of Australian rugby league's founding players, Stuntz was a member of the 1907 rebel side ("the 1907 Pioneers") that played against the New Zealand '

granted Stuntz and his teammates retrospective representative status for the international games played against the Maori.

During the Australian off-season at end of 1909, Stuntz signed with the

War service

Stuntz enlisted in the first AIF in 1916. He embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire in August 1916 as a Private in the 14th reinforcement raised for the 17th Battalion of the 5th Brigade (New South Wales).^[3]

In 1917, the 17th Battalion was involved in the attack on

Bibliography

• Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
• Lester, Gary The Story of Australian Rugby League
• Mideleton, David (2005) Big League Annual 2005
• Warrington Wolves website

Online sources

• John Stuntz at the AIF Project
• Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk

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