Facts: - teama: gloucestershire - yearastart: 1925 - source: -lsb- http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/all.html rugbyleagueproject.org -rsb- - ru yearastart: 1925 - updated: 29 may 2012 - ru teama: gloucestershire - new: yes - first: ru - retired: yes - name: jack read - birth place: gloucestershire , england Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jack read .
jack read -lrb- born in gloucester -rrb- was an english rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s , '30s and '40s , playing representative level rugby union -lrb- ru -rrb- for gloucestershire , and playing representative level rugby league -lrb- rl -rrb- for rugby league xiii , and at club level for oldham , as a , i.e. number 8 or 10 .jack read made his debut against hull on friday 1 january 1926 .