10 Downing Street on 25 March 2008, with John Etty receiving his Bevin Boys' Veterans Badge from Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and he lived in Cleveleys, Lancashire as of c. 2008.
[4] Etty played on the wing, and scored a try in Batley's 8–18 defeat by Huddersfield in the 1952 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1952–53 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 15 November 1952.
He played on the wing, and scored a try in Oldham's 10–3 victory over St. Helens in the 1956 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1956–57 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 20 October 1956.
He played left wing in the 13–8 victory over Wigan in the 1957 Final during the 1957–58 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 19 October 1957, and in the 12–2 victory over St Helens in the 1958 Final during the 1958–59 season, also at Station Road, on Saturday 25 October 1958.
He played left wing and scored a try in Wakefield Trinity's 16–10 victory over Huddersfield in the 1960 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1960–61 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 29 October 1960.
Only five rugby league footballers have won "All Six Cups" during their career, they are; Aubrey Casewell (while at Salford and Leeds), Alan Edwards (while at Salford and Bradford Northern), John Etty (while at Oldham and Wakefield Trinity), Edward "Ted" Slevin (while at Wigan and Huddersfield), and Derek Turner (while at Oldham and Wakefield Trinity).