About Jack Wallens
Lived 1901 – 1962 (aged 60). Jack Wallens was a rugby union player.
John Noel Stanley Wallens (25 December 1901 – 25 July 1962) was an English international rugby union player.
Wallens was born in Birkenhead and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, where he played stand-off. After joining Waterloo "A", Wallens switched to fullback and had several seasons as an understudy before himself as Waterloo's premier fullback in 1925-26. He made his Lancashire debut the following season.
In 1927, Wallens was capped for England in their final Five Nations fixture against France in Paris, with the incumbent fullback Kenneth Sellar unavailable to make the trip. He also took part in that year's tour of Argentina with the British Lions and featured in three of their four matches against the Pumas.
Wallens emigrated to Australia in 1929 to take up a new position with his employer the Cunard Steamship Company.
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Jack Wallens was born on 25 December 1901.
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Jack Wallens died on 25 July 1962.
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