| Born | John Solomon Hargraves Rosewell[1] (1882-07-01)1 July 1882 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 20 November 1931(1931-11-20) (aged 49) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John S. H. Rosewell (1 July 1882 – 20 November 1931) was an Australianrugby union and pioneer professionalrugby league footballer and represented his country at both sports – adual-code international.
His rugby union career was played with the South Sydney RUFC. Rosewell was 28 years of age before he first saw representative success making four appearances in 1907 against theAll Blacks, two forNew South Wales and two as aWallaby.
He joined the new rugby league code in its first year – 1908, starting with theSouth Sydney Rabbitohs. Along withDally Messenger,Denis Lutge,Doug McLean snr andMicky Dore he was one of the inaugural five Australian dual code rugby internationals who having earlier represented at rugby union, debuted in international rugby league in Sydney on 9 May 1908 in the first ever Australian league Test againstNew Zealand. He is listed on theAustralian Players Register as Kangaroo No.13.[2]
He spent three seasons at South Sydney playing 29 matches scoring 4 tries and 6 goals. He was a member of the 1910 Rabbitohs side that drew theGrand Final againstNewtown but lost the premiership on countback.
He was selected on the pioneer 1908Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and played one tour match. For the 1911 and 1912 seasons he saw out his playing career with theAnnandale club.
In 1913 he was the first grade coach of the Rabbitohs.
After his retirement from football, Johnny Rosewell worked at theRAS Showground until his death. He died suddenly at hisMaroubra home on 20 November 1931, and was buried the following day atBotany Cemetery.[3]