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Jack Rayner

Jack Rayner, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2008)

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Born
April 11, 1921
Died
May 17, 2008
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1921

About Jack Rayner

Rupert John Rayner was an Australian state and national representative rugby league player and NSWRFL coach. His club playing career was with the South Sydney Rabbitohs from 1946 to 1957 and he also represented New South Wales on eleven occasions and played in five Test matches for the Australian national side. As captain-coach for all of those wins Rayner was the first man to coach a side to five Grand Final victories, a record subsequently matched by Kearney and Jack Gibson and eventually beaten in 2006 by Wayne Bennett. Rayner trialed with Souths in 1946 and was graded straight to first grade. Rayner's fifth premiership win in 1955 stands as the record for the most number of grand final successes by an individual as captain (equaled by Ken Kearney's who also achieved five in 1960). Rayner was first called up to represent his state in 1947.

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Jack Rayner timeline

  1. Rayner trialed with Souths in 1946 and was graded straight to first grade.
  2. Rayner was first called up to represent his state in 1947.
  3. Rayner's fifth premiership win in 1955 stands as the record for the most number of grand final successes by an individual as captain (equaled by Ken Kearney's who also achieved five in 1960).
  4. As captain-coach for all of those wins Rayner was the first man to coach a side to five Grand Final victories, a record subsequently matched by Kearney and Jack Gibson and eventually beaten in 2006 by Wayne Bennett.

The world when Jack Rayner was born

Jack Rayner was born in 1921. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1921

  • #1 song"My Man" – Fanny Brice
  • Top movieThe Kid (Charlie Chaplin)
  • Best-selling bookMain Street – Sinclair Lewis

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJack Dempsey vs Georges Carpentier — first million-dollar gate
  • Top headlineWarren G. Harding inaugurated as 29th President
  • Technology milestoneAlbert Einstein wins the Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Defining fadOuija boards
  • Notable inventionLie detector (polygraph)
  • World population1.88 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population108.5M

1921 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jack Rayner's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19212026
Gas$0.26$3.45/gal
Average home$5,500$435,000
Average income$3,010$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population108.5M341 million

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