Jack Sewell (rugby league)
# Jack Sewell (rugby league)

John T. Sewell (c. 1926 – 28 April 1955) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at club level for Leeds City Boys ARLFC, Dewsbury and Batley, as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.

## Playing career

Sewell was transferred from Dewsbury to Batley in November 1949, he played his last match for Batley, against Widnes at Naughton Park, Widnes on Saturday 24 March 1951, he sustained a head injury in the first-half of this match, and complained of a headache at half-time, but completed the match, however on the return journey by motor coach he became unconscious, and later suffered paralysis down one-side of his body, and aphasia (Loss of the ability to produce and/or comprehend language), and was subsequently transferred from Staincliffe General Hospital (near his home on Willians Road (off Halifax Road), Dewsbury) to Leeds General Infirmary, 4-years later he subsequently died from complications arising from his injury.

