Jack Quinlivan is the youngest of the famous Quinlivan brothers. In 1940 he trialed with South as a 17 year old but failed to make the grade and played with Kensington in the South Sydney juniors before playing junior reps in the 1940 South Sydney U21 Presidents cup. He make senior grade club and premiership debut in the 1940 Round 10 Third Grade clash against St George at Hurstville Oval. Two weeks later he stepped up to play reserve grade in the 1940 Round 12 Reserve Grade clash against Newtown at the Sports Ground. The following weekend he joined the South Sydney first grade squad and make his South Sydney first grade club debut in the 1940 tour clash against Goulburn in Goulburn.
In 1941 Quinlivan enlisted and served in the Army, serving in Queensland and part of the Armed Tank Attack regiments. When the war was over, he went over to play with Drummoyne Rugby Union team and also having a brief stint with Footscray Union team while working in Melbourne. Quinilivan a outside centre, in 1945 he was crown Rugby Unions sprint champion. In 1948 he returned to Sydney and re-joined South Sydney. He finally made his first grade premiership debut for South Sydney in the 1948 Round 15 clash against Manly-Warringah at Brookvale Oval. By doing so became the 5th Quinilvan brother to play first grade with South Sydney. This however was his one and only first grade premiership game for South Sydney.
Quinlivan played 2 seasons with South Sydney between 1940 and 1948. He played 2 first grade club games, which included 1 first grade premiership game. Overall he played 15 senior grade games for South Sydney which included 14 senior grade premiership games.
He played his final Reserve Grade premiership match in the 1948 Round 16 Resrve Grade clash against North Sydney at Redfern Oval. He played his final senior grade premiership match for South Sydney in the 1948 Round 18 Third Grade clash against St George at Hurstville Oval.
Player Relatives
Brother - Quinlivan, Clinton
Brother - Quinlivan, Allan
Brother - Quinlivan, Oscar
Brother - Quinlivan, Leon
Brother - Quinlivan, Jasper (North Coast)
Brother - Quinlivan, Fred (North Coast)
Brother - Quinlivan, Lillian (Hockey)
Playing - Height / Weight
5ft 6in / 11st
Representative Qualification
NSW Country
Date of Birth
Taree - 9th July 1921 (Died - 1978)
South Sydney Junior Club
Kensington
Previous Clubs
Cundletown (1939)
Military Service (1941-45) Army Private Australian Armed Division 13th Battalion,6th and 101st Tank Attack Regiment
Drummoyne RU (1945-46)
Footscray RU (1947)
Drummoyne RU (1947)
Previous Rep Honours
Manning (1939)
Playing Career at South Sydney (1940,48)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1940 Jul 28 Tour1 Glbn v Goulburn (19y 19d)
1948 Jul 31 Rd15 Brok v Manly-Warringah (Premiership - 27y 22d)
First Grade
Premiership : Tour
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1940 - - - - - - - : 1 1 - 1 - - 3
1948 1 1 - - - - - : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 1 1 - - - - - : 1 1 - 1 - - 3
SS FG 2 2 - 1 - - 3
South Sydney Senior Grade Debut
1940 Jul 6 Rd10 Hurs v St George (Third Grade)
1940 Jul 20 Rd12 SSG v Newtown (Reserve Grade)
Lower Grades : Juniors
Reserve Grade : Third Grade : (U21) Presidents Cup
Year M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1940 3 3 - - - - - : 2 2 - 1 - - 3 : . . - - - - -
1948 2 2 - 1 - - 3 : 6 6 - 1 1 - 5
TOTAL 5 5 - 1 - - 3 : 8 8 - 2 1 - 8 : . . - - - - -
South Sydney Senior(FG/RG/3G) Grade Career
Premiership : Cup : All Matches
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
CAREER 14 14 - 3 1 - 11 : - - - - - - - : 15 15 - 4 1 - 14
Short Form
Short-Game Matches
M S R T G/A FG Pts
1940 - - - - - - -
TOTAL - - - - - - -
SS SF - - - - - - -
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
never
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE never
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG none
After Leaving South Sydney
Subsequent Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
South City (Canberra) (1950-52) (Captain-Coach)
Subsequent Rep Honours M T G FG Pt
Canberra (1951-52)
Ref - TwRG p257 / RLP / ANC / NAA-145467 / CI / FN-46
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