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John Bernard “Jack” Spillane

Australia Military Forces

HERITAGE No: 329

BIRTH: 5 October 1908
Petersham, NSW
DEATH: 23 August 1988 Eastwood, NSW
DEATH: 23 August 1988
Eastwood, NSW

OCCUPATION: Electrical Mechanic, 1935

RESIDENCE: Albert Parade Ashfield, NSW, 1935

GAME HISTORY

  • Wests RL 3rd Grade 1929, 1931
  • Wests RL 2nd Grade 1929, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1936
  • Wests RL First Grade 1935, 1936
  • Coonabarabran RL 1932
  • University RL 1933, 1934
  • Ipswich Tivoli RL 1937
  • Ipswich RL v Tweed RL 1937
  • Cowra RL 1953

Jack

Jack Spillane is the younger brother of Wests player, Frank Spillane. He was graded with Wests in 1929 and played in the lower grades until the end of the 1931 season.

He went to Coonabarabran in 1932 as a player-coach returning to Sydney in 1933.  Jack then joined the University Rugby League Club. He was described as a powerfully built lock forward.

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