Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- 1929
- Died
- Monday, 0th April, 2008
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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| Tour Matches | Southern Division | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales XIII | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australian XIII | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country Carnival | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 37 | 30 | - | - | 90 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 45.95% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 40 | 32 | - | - | 96 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Southern Division | 1950, 1957 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Australia XIII | 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW XII | 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| South West NSW | 1957 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1950-1957 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1951 | 17 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 23.53% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1952 | 20 | 18 | - | - | 54 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 65.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | 1951-52 | 37 | 30 | - | - | 90 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 45.95% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann
Your Say
14/02/2012
Hi
Just to clarify the issue, my grand uncle John (Jack) McClean played for North's as left winger in 1951-52, his name was almost always incorrectly stated as J. McLean in programmes & newspapers, hence the J. McLean that is listed as playing for North's in 1951. From the Sydney Morning Herald 14/8/51 p10 " North Sydney club secretary, Mr Bill Lavoren, said he had given up trying to get McClean's name corrected from the spelling "McLean" which had persisted in programmes since he came into football in the southern districts."
Jack was a professional sprinter. He trialled for Newtown in 1949, having scored 35 tries for Bowral the previous season. He had also won the Queanbeyan Gift in 1948. He scored 2 tries for Southern Division against the touring Gt Britain side in 1950. He joined North's at age 22 in 1951. That year he was selected for NSW to play Puig Aubert's touring French team. He also gained selection in the Australian X111 that played France in Melbourne. In March 1952 he won the 75yd "Commonwealth Sprint" in Canberra. I am not sure why he left North's after the 1952 season, but he coached the Wamoon Hawks in the Riverina in 1953, then coached in Coonamble. I hope this info may be of some use.
Kind regards John
23/08/2021
Jack (John) McClean was married to Roma,
1 daughter Mellisa McClean who has no children.
Jack had 2 sisters, Phyllis who had 4 daughters and Beverly who has 1 daughter
1 brother James Harrison McClean who has a daughter and myself.
All though his playing information is correct he only has 1 nephew(myself) and 1 great nephew my son.
Would like to meet the author John McClean
22/01/2024
Very interesting to read these comments on my Uncle, John McClean. Thanks for clarifying some issues, Scott. Also interested in hearing from the author, John McClean. Obviously where all our sporting genes come from, Scott, especially as your father, James Doc McClean also excelled in sport.
25/11/2025
Just to add to the comment I wrote a few days ago. Dad broke his shoulder in 1952 which put him out of contention for the kangaroo tour of Great Britain and put paid to his playing first grade football. He coached Wamoon Hawks in 1953. He returned to Bowral as Captain-Coach in 1954 leading the team to the premiership. In 1955 he was captain-coach of the Tumut Blues. Jack then moved to Cooanmble in 1956 as Captain-coach of the Coonamble Bears winning the premiership. He also coached the Coonamble Reserves & Juniors to premiership wins.
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