John Francis McCullough, All Black and Taranaki rugby football representative, was born on 8 January 1936, in Stratford, New Zealand.
He attended Stratford Technical High School, playing for the First XV 1952-1954, and went on from there to be selected to the Taranaki side.
[1] McCullough was part of a Taranaki team that still holds a special place in the history of that province.
McCullough was overlooked for the 1960 tour of South Africa, however, and the 1959 matches proved to be the only games he played for the All Blacks.
He was part of yet another successful Ranfurly Shield challenge when Taranaki beat Wellington in 1963, and played a total of 94 games for his home province.