Jack Beaton

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Jack Beaton

Australian national rugby league player
Personal information
Full name	John Beaton
Date of birth	1914
Place of birth	Yass, New South Wales,
Date of death	1996
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1933 1934–1938	Lismore Easts	38 (178)
Representative teams
1934–1937 1936–1938	New South Wales Australia	13 (45) 10 (31)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

John Beaton (1914-1996) was an Australian rugby league player, a national representative of the 1930s whose club career was played with Sydney's Eastern Suburbs club.

Contents 1 Early life and club career 2 Representative and honours 3 Sources 4 References

[edit] Early life and club career

Originally from Yass, New South Wales, Beaton moved to Sydney where he attended St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, enjoying a successful schoolboy rugby union career. Beaton took up a role as captain with a country side in Lismore, New South Wales, before moving back to Sydney the following season to join up with the Eastern Suburbs club.

Beaton, who was better known as a fullback or centre was an extremely versatile player who could play anywhere in the backline. From his debut with club in 1934 till his retirement at the end of the 1937 season Easts lost just 4 matches. He played in some of the Tricolours greatest teams during his brief career, winning 3 premierships with the club and was runner-up in his only other year. Beaton retired at just 24 years of age to take up a business opportunity.

[edit] Representative and honours

He was first selected for New South Wales in 1934 and made 13 appearances up til his retirement in 1937. Beaton played in ten Test matches for Australia debuting against England in 1936. He was selected for the 1937 Kangaroo tour, played in all five Tests plus 22 minor matches and returned as the tour's top point-scorer with 124points(6 tries and 53 goals).

In February 2008, Beaton was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia. ^[1] He had previously been named as a reserve in Eastern Suburbs 'Team Of The Century'.

[edit] Sources

• Middleton, David Rugby League Yearbook
• Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney

[edit] References

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