John Maxwell Potts (21 February 1936 — 1 June 2023) was an Australian rugby union international.
| Full name | John Maxwell Potts | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 February 1936 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tenterfield, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 June 2023 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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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 edit
References edit
- ^ "John 'Jack' Maxwell Potts". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Vale Jack Potts". www.sydneyunirugby.com.au. 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Gordon try to stop the 'rot'". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 April 1975.