Please answer the following question: 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 .
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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 début against hull on friday 1 january 1926 .