Birth name | John Lawson Shute[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 31 January 1901[2][3][4] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Mudgee, New South Wales[5] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 23 November 1988 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Sydney | ||||||||||||||||
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John Lawson Shute CMG OBE (31 January 1901 – 23 November 1988) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Shute, a wing, was born near Sydney and claimed a total of 3 international rugby caps for Australia.
He was later chairman of the Australian Meat Board.[6] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1959 Birthday Honours[7] and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1970 New Year Honours, for public services.[8]