John Leslie Patrick "Jake" Howard (30 August 194511 December 2015) was an international rugby footballer who played prop for Australia. Howard was schooled at St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill from 1957 ''Cerise & Blue obituary Mar2016 and enjoyed enormous schoolboy sporting success playing in the college's 1st XV in four consecutive years 1960–63 and rowing in the 1st VIII for three years. He played his club rugby at Sydney University and took up rowing at the senior level with the

Sydney Rowing Club Sydney Rowing Club is the oldest rowing club in New South Wales, Australia formed in 1870. It has occupied its current site on Port Jackson's Parramatta River at Abbotsford Point since 1874. The club has a focus on its high performance and elite ...

.''SJC News'', article by James Gray p13 He stroked a junior VIII for the club in 1964 and stroked a coxed pair to a state championship in the 1964/65 season. Howard made his international rugby debut on 6 June 1970 against

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and went on to make six further international representative appearances between 1970 and 1973. His final Test appearance was on the 1973 tour of Wales and England. He coached rugby at the Sydney University club, at the University of Queensland's rugby club and in assisting roles with the 1991 and 1992

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focussing on scrum play emphasising the power of the front-row. His wife Margariete was the daughter of

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Cyril Towers. Their son Pat Howard (born 1973) played centre and fly-half for the Wallabies from 1993 to 1997. Margariete Howard was thus the daughter, wife and mother of a

. Jake Howard died on 11 December 2015 at the age of 70.

References

Published sources

* Howell, Max (2006) ''Born to Lead – Wallaby Test Captains (2005)'' Celebrity Books, New Zealand

External links

Scrum.com profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Jake 1945 births 2015 deaths Australian rugby union players People educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill Australia international rugby union players Rugby union props Rugby union players from Sydney