{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}} {{For|the Newfoundland cricketer sometimes known as "Jack"|John Shannon Munn}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Jack Warren Munn |fullname = Jack Warren Munn |image = Jack Munn 1949.jpg |image_size = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1921|05|30|df=y}} |birth_place = Maroubra, New South Wales, Australia |death_date = {{death date and age|1993|06|25|1921|05|30|df=yes}} |death_place = Jannali, New South Wales, Australia |height = |weight = |retired = yes |position = {{rlp|PR}} |club1 = St. George |year1start = 1946 |year1end = 49,1951 |appearances1 = 42 |tries1 = 8 |goals1 = 1 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 26 |teamA = New South Wales |yearAstart = 1946 |yearAend = |appearancesA = 2 |triesA = 0 |goalsA = 0 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 0 |teamB = Queensland |yearBstart = 1950 |yearBend = |appearancesB = 1 |triesB = 0 |goalsB = 0 |fieldgoalsB = 0 |pointsB = 0 |updated = 11 June 2019 |source = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jack-munn/summary.html|title=Jack Munn - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref> }}
'''Jack Warren Munn''' (1921–1993) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1940s and 1950s in the New South Wales premiership competition and was a state representative.
==Career== Munn was a prop-forward who played with St. George immediately after World War II. After his discharge from the AIF,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=195357 |title=Munn at WWII Roll |access-date=3 October 2014 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006093458/http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=195357 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jack Munn joined St George and played five seasons between 1946-1949 and 1951.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=195357|title=DVA's Nominal Rolls|access-date=21 August 2019|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233658/http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=195357|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He moved the Queensland in 1950, and represented Queensland against New South Wales in that year before returning to St George. Munn scored a try in the club's 1946 Grand final loss to Balmain.
He won a premiership with St. George when he played prop in the 1949 Grand Final.<ref>Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995 edition. {{ISBN|1 87516957 1}}</ref> In 1950, Munn accepted a captain coach role for Ingham, Queensland and consequentially played representative football for Queensland. in 1950 and only a bad injury stopped him from playing for the Kangaroos.<ref>{{cite news|title=Munn for Ingham |work=Maryborough Chronicle |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/147797677?searchTerm=%22jack%20munn%22 |date=31 March 1950}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=The St George Call (Kogarah) |title=Jack Munn Unlucky |date=26 May 1950 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/235309376?searchTerm=%22jack%20munn%22}}</ref>
==Death== Munn died on 25 June 1993, aged 72.<ref>Sydney Morning Herald - Death notice - 26/06/1993</ref> left|thumb|300px|Munn (middle row, 3rd from left) in StGeorge's 1946 side - minor premiers
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{St. George squad - 1949 NSWRFL Premiers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Munn, Jack}} Category:St. George Dragons players Category:New South Wales rugby league team players Category:1921 births Category:1993 deaths Category:Australian military personnel of World War II Category:Rugby league props Category:Rugby league players from Sydney Category:Australian rugby league players Category:Queensland rugby league team players Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen