Johnno Stuntz

Johnno Stuntz

Stuntz in 1907
Personal information
Full name	John Stuntz
Born	(1884-06-27)27 June 1884 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	3 May 1917(1917-05-03) (aged 32) Bullecourt, France
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1908–09 Eastern Suburbs 6 7 0 0 21 1909–10 Warrington 19 13 0 0 39 1911 Western Suburbs 6 1 0 0 3 1913 South Sydney 4 1 0 0 3 Total 35 22 0 0 66 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1909 Australia 1 1 0 0 3 1911 New South Wales 5 4 0 0 12 1908–11 Metropolis 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] As of 19 June 2019

John "Johnno" Stuntz (1884–1917) was an Australian pioneer rugby league footballer and soldier who served in World War I and died on the Western Front. A national and state representative winger, his club career was played with Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs and South Sydney in Australia, as well as one season with English club, Warrington.^[1] He played for New South Wales in the very first rugby match run by the newly created 'New South Wales Rugby Football League' which had just split away from the established New South Wales Rugby Football Union.