Jack McConnell was a Bankstown junior rugby league player and was selected in the 1930 Canterbury Bankstown President’s Cup team. The team had a decent pack which included future First Grade players Bill Howes Bill Porter and Bill Joass.
As Jack started to make a name for himself, the Rugby League News wrote the following article about him; “Baptised John James McConnell, ‘Bluey’ as he is often known to his pals, revelled in the game against Group 6, and delighted with his fast breaking and the manner in which he led many goal ward movements. His ‘goldie locks’ were bobbing up everywhere. Jack is a great club man, and is an inspiration to the forwards.”
