Jack Reardon

For the American administrator, see John P. Reardon.

Jack Reardon
Personal information
Born(1914-11-25)25 November 1914
Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Died22 July 1991(1991-07-22) (aged 76)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
PositionCentre[1]
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1932–3? Marist Bros. (Lismore)
1936–4? Norths (Brisbane)
19??–?? Brothers (Brisbane)
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1934 New South Wales 1 0 0 0 0
1936–41 Queensland 21 4 0 0 12
1937–38 Australia 4 2 0 0 6
Source: [2]

Jack Reardon (25 November 1914 – 22 July 1991[3]) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s and who later became a sports journalist. An Australian international and both a New South Wales and Queensland representative centre, he played club football in country New South Wales before moving to Queensland and playing in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. He is also well known for his football journalism and being the first to suggest 'state of origin' selection rules for interstate rugby league.[4]

  1. ^ Pramberg, Bernie (2009). "Leo Donovan special guest at BRL celebrations". Courier Mail, The. Australia: Queensland Newspapers.
  2. ^ Jack Reardon at rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. ^ "Great media personalities short-listed for Hall of Fame". NRL.com. 6 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Jack Reardon". Q Sport. 1 January 2020.