Jack Sewell (rugby league)

From Wikipedia - Reading time: 3 min

Jack Sewell
Personal information
Full nameJohn T. Sewell
Bornc. 1926
Died28 April 1955 (aged 29)
Staincliffe General Hospital, Dewsbury
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1949–Nov 49 Dewsbury
Nov 1949–51 Batley
Total 0 0 0 0 0

John T. Sewell (c. 1926 – 28 April 1955) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at club level for Leeds City Boys ARLFC, Dewsbury and Batley, as a prop.[1]

Playing career

[edit]

Sewell was transferred from Dewsbury to Batley in November 1949, he played his last match for Batley, against Widnes at Naughton Park, Widnes on Saturday 24 March 1951, he sustained a head injury in the first-half of this match, and complained of a headache at half-time, but completed the match, however on the return journey by motor coach he became unconscious, and later suffered paralysis down one-side of his body, and aphasia (Loss of the ability to produce and/or comprehend language), and was subsequently transferred from Staincliffe General Hospital (near his home on Willians Road (off Halifax Road), Dewsbury) to Leeds General Infirmary, 4-years later he subsequently died from complications arising from his injury.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ John Roe (15 December 2014). "Sermons from the Mount". Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0992991777
  2. ^ (10 May 1951). Brain operation likely on injured Batley footballer. The Yorkshire Post. ISBN n/a
[edit]

Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sewell_(rugby_league)
6 views |
Download as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF