Jim Foote : Rugby Player

Discussion in 'Sportsmen & women' started by Dolphin, Oct 5, 2009.

  1. Dolphin

    Dolphin New Member

    This is one of a series of posts to mark the international Rugby players who served in, and survived, The Great War. If anyone has further information on the men concerned, I’d be most grateful if it could be added to the thread.

    Gareth

    Foote, Reginald H (‘Jim’ )played for New South Wales/Australia

    Players shown as representing New South Wales/Australia are those who played in the period 1919-1929, when the New South Wales Rugby Union was the only operating Union in Australia. These players were retrospectively awarded caps by the Australian Rugby Football Union in 1994.

    Internationals: 3 : 1924 NZ- NZ- NZ-

    Jim Foote was born in Sydney in 1892.

    Played as a wing for University, New South Wales

    Profession: N/k

    War service: He “served at Gallipoli” according to Pollard’s Australian Rugby – the Game and the Players, but not is listed on the AIF Rolls, nor is there a file in the Australian National Archives.

    Remarks: He played 8 times for NSW from 1924 to 1926.

    He died on N/k
     
  2. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    Snippet *

    Foote, R.H. 1924-26 3

    http://www.sydneyunirugby.com.au/sufc/index.php?page=7
     

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