John Cann

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Saturday, 15th January, 1938
Current Age
86 years and 100 days
Place Of Birth
La Perouse, New South Wales, Australia

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions
Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
City vs Country Firsts 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Interstate Matches 4 2 -   - 6 2 2 0 50.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Riverina 1959 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
Probables (AU) 1959 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Country Firsts 1959 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW Country Seconds 1960 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW Firsts 1960 4 2 -   - 6 2 2 0 50.00% List
Overall1959-1960 8 4 0   0 12 4 4 0 50.00% List

Your Say

  • Paul Carter
    09/08/2012

    Cann represented Australia in the Decathlon.At the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.He finished Tenth.He scored 6,278 points.

  • ian mcclure
    26/12/2016

    john cann is not recognised for his many talents,olympic decathlete,nature lover,snake man,very good rugby lead player,turtle man,also spent time in many parts of australia,surely he should be on wikipedea !

  • Dick Mattress
    01/08/2019

    I met John when relieving in a bank st Tumbarumba in 1960, he was
    there playing rugby league and we stayed at the same hotel.
    I rember him on occasions clearing the bar with his snakes. A nice young bloke about my age but someone I looked up to.

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash