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{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name              = Jack McNab
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| birth_name        = John Ronald McNab
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1924|03|26|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Owaka]], New Zealand
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2009|05|23|1924|03|26|df=y}}
| death_place       = [[Dunedin]], New Zealand
| ru_position       = [[Rugby union positions#Back row|Loose forward]]
| height            = 1.83 m
| weight            = 89 kg
| ru_nationalteam   = {{nrut|New Zealand}}
| ru_nationalyears  = 1949–1950
| ru_nationalcaps   = 6
| ru_nationalpoints = (0)
| ru_province       = {{Rut|Otago}}
| ru_provinceyears  = 1945–1953
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| school            = [[Catlins Area School|Owaka District High School]]
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'''John Ronald McNab''' (26 March 1924 – 23 May 2009) was a New Zealand [[rugby union]] player. A [[Rugby union positions#Back row|loose forward]], McNab represented {{Rut|Otago}} at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the [[All Blacks]], in 1949 and 1950, including on their [[1949 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa|1949 tour of South Africa]]. He played 17 matches for the All Blacks including six internationals.<ref name="AB profile">{{cite web |url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=594 |title=Jack McNab |last=Luxford |first=Bob |publisher=New Zealand Rugby Union |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
Later, McNab coached Otago Country and South Otago Colts teams. He served as president of the South Otago sub-union from 1976 to 1977, and was president of the [[Otago Rugby Football Union]] from 1980 to 1981.<ref name="AB profile"/>
McNab's memoirs, ''Owaka Jack'', written by his daughter, Shirley Deuchrass, were published in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/owaka-all-black-spills-beans-memoir |title=Owaka All Black spills the beans in memoir |first=Glenn |last=Conway |date=23 May 2008 |work=Otago Daily Times |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> McNab died in [[Dunedin]] on 23 May 2009, aged 85.<ref name="AB profile"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-press/20090529/282402690347726 |title=Owaka Jack dies |date=29 May 2009 |work=The Press |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> At the time of his death, he was the oldest living All Black from Otago.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/cup-awakens-all-black-memories |title=Cup awakens All Black memories |first=Steve |last=Hepburn |date=25 April 2009 |work=Otago Daily Times |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
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[[Category:People from Owaka]]
[[Category:New Zealand rugby union players]]
[[Category:New Zealand international rugby union players]]
[[Category:Otago rugby union players]]
[[Category:Rugby union flankers]]
[[Category:New Zealand rugby union coaches]]
[[Category:New Zealand sports executives and administrators]]
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