John Harrison VC MC (12 November 1890 – 3 May 1917) was a professional rugby league footballer who played for Hull F.C..

's 6–0 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1914 Challenge Cup Final during the 1913–14 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax, in front of a crowd of 19,000.

[2] Not long after the birth of his son, Jackie, and while living at 75 Wharncliffe Street, Hull, Harrison volunteered for the army.

[5] On completion of training, he was commissioned as a probationary temporary second lieutenant in the East Yorkshire Regiment on 5 August 1916,[6] and was posted to 6 Platoon, 11th (Service) Battalion (the Hull Tradesmen).

Ordered, with the rest of his brigade, to attack a wood near Oppy, Pas-de-Calais, his platoon became pinned down by machine gun fire.

Then, turning round, this gallant officer single-handed made a dash at the machine-gun, hoping to knock out the gun and so save the lives of many of his company.

The war widow benefitted from a fund raised in Hull to provide for the younger John Harrison’s education.