Jack Ellis (rugby union)

Jack Ellis (23 October 1912 – 27 November 2007) was an England international rugby union player.

At the time of his death it was reported that he was the oldest living England international rugby player, although it was later discovered this was incorrect.

Official international games were not played during the Second World War but he played in 10 Red Cross Service Internationals including a joint England/Wales team that beat a joint Scotland/Ireland team 17–3 in December 1939.

He qualified in Classics at Durham in 1936, also acquiring a Diploma in Physical Education at Carnegie College.

[3][4][5] He was a major in the Royal Army Service Corps during the Second World War, being amongst the British troops who liberated Belsen in 1945.