| Birth name | Jack Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 April 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | [San Andres], Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 October 1992 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | East Lothian, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Willie Park Sr., grandfather Mungo Park Jr., father Willie Park Jr., uncle Jack Park, uncle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
- ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jack Park - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.