Jack Gale [SEP] member of sports team
Jack Gale
Jack Gale (28 August 1899 - 5 April 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played three games in the VFL for Richmond Football Club in 1924.
He returned to Tasmania and was Captain/Coach of the Wynyard Football Club from 1927 and 1928. After retiring as a player he then became an umpire in the NWFU.
Gale's son, Don, was a champion Tasmanian footballer who became the first player from the NWFU to achieve All Australian selection, whilst two of his grandsons, Michael
as Moorend, Whitechapel, Whitcliffe, Moorbottom, Moorside, the Marsh and Rawfolds.
Sports.
Cleckheaton Sports Club, based at Moorend, is the home of the town's rugby union team, Cleckheaton RUFC., who play in the National 3 North league at the fifth tier of English domestic rugby. The club is also home to Cleckheaton Cricket Club, who play in the Bradford Premier Cricket League Division One. Yorkshire Captain Andrew Gale is a member of Cleckheaton and occasionally plays, depending on his availability and commitments