| Full name | John Hawkes Malone | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 September 1912 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Drummoyne, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 May 1947 (aged 34) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Medlow Bath, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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John Hawkes Malone (18 September 1912 — 1 May 1947) was an Australian rugby union international.
Born in Sydney, Malone was a prop, known as "Steak" on account of his large hands looking like T-bones. He attended St Joseph's College (Hunters Hill) and played his first-grade rugby for Sydney club Drummoyne.[1]
Malone gained four caps for the Wallabies, playing all three Tests on the 1936 tour of New Zealand, then a home Test against the Springboks the following year. He was also a member of the abandoned 1939–40 tour of Britain.[2]
A police constable, Malone was killed on duty in a road accident in 1947, while escorting a military convoy on the Great Western Highway. His motorcycle collided with a vehicle and he sustained fatal head injuries.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "John Hawkes Malone". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ↑ "Internationals Not Keen". Daily News. 12 April 1940. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Constable Killed On Patrol Duty". The Canberra Times. 2 May 1947. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.