1941
John Cootes, Australian rugby league player, priest, and businessman
John Cootes, Australian rugby league player, priest, and businessman
John Cootes, Australian rugby league player, priest, and businessman
John Cootes
Australia international rugby league player (born 1941)
- Born
- 1941
John Cootes, nicknamed "the footballing priest", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and Roman Catholic priest. An Australia international representative three-quarter back and adept goal-kicker, he played club football in the Newcastle Rugby League for Western Suburbs during the 1960s and also later worked as a television commentator and presenter.