Jack Hampstead (1920-1992) was an Australian professional

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footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and

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ed in the 1950s. A New South Wales state representative lock forward, he played in Sydney's

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for the Balmain club. Hampstead later became coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown club. His grandson is

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former referee Sean Hampstead.

Playing career

Born in

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, New South Wales, Hampstead played 108 first grade games between 1939 and 1951, playing , and later . He played in the premiership-winning Balmain teams of

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and

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Coaching

For the 1953 season, Hampstead became the

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coach. Of that year's eighteen matches, he won nine, and lost seven. However, in

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he lost fourteen of the eighteen, and won just four. He did not coach first-grade again. Hampstead was a member of the

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' board until his death in 1992.

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20110514025238/http://rl1908.com/Legends/dunn.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20080719182615/http://www.tigers.org.au/Football_club/legends/legendtabs.html 1920 births 1992 deaths Australian rugby league coaches Australian rugby league players Balmain Tigers players Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs coaches City New South Wales rugby league team players New South Wales rugby league team players Rugby league locks Rugby league players from Sydney 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1920s-stub