Jack Park | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jack Park 21 April 1913 [San Andres], Argentina |
| Died |
2 October 1992 (aged 79) East Lothian, Scotland |
Jack Park (21 April 1913 – 2 October 1992) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] He was born into the famous golfing Park dynasty; and although he competed in amateur golfing tournaments, he became more known for his rugby union exploits.
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
Park played rugby union for Royal HSFP.[2]
Provincial career[]
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1933 inter-city match.[3]
International career[]
Park was capped just the once by Scotland, against Wales in 1934.[4]
Military career[]
He was a doctor in the Royal Air Force.[5]
Other sports[]
Golf[]
He was notable for playing golf in his youth, playing in the Boys Amateur Golf Championship of 1930.[6]
Family[]
His grandfather was Willie Park Sr., the first winner of the British Open golf championship.[7]
His uncles were the golfers Willie Park Jr. and Jack Park.
His parents were Mungo Park Jr. (1877-1960) and Grace Hamilton Morrison (1880-1956). Both parents were excellent golfers; Mungo winning the Argentine Open and Grace represented Scotland and winning the Argentine Ladies Open three times. They had a son Mungo Park (1903-1959) and a daughter Catherine Morrison Park (1907-1987), before Jack, the youngest, was born. His sister Catherine (Katie) also represented Scotland at golf.
Jack married Charlotte Cicely Bunge in 1943.
He died on 2 October 1992 in East Lothian.
References[]
- ↑ "Jack Park". http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/4164.html.
- ↑ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
- ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jaJAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i6UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4258,5087202.
- ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jack Park - Test matches". http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/4164.html.
- ↑ "Register". https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19391212/252/0010.
- ↑ "Register". https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001730/19300826/041/0003.
- ↑ "Register". https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19300828/185/0007.
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