John Coolican
| Full name | John Edward Francis Coolican | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 September 1953 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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John Edward Francis Coolican AM (born 27 September 1953) is an Australian former rugby union international.[1]
Coolican was born in Sydney but raised in Bourke and boarded at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview.[2]
A loosehead prop, Coolican gained four Wallabies caps during the early 1980s. His first cap came in Christchurch on the 1982 tour of New Zealand, forming a front row with two other debutants, Andy McIntyre and Bruce Malouf. He received a further three caps on the 1983 tour of Italy and France.[2]
Coolican, an orthodontist by profession, is a former President of the NSWRU. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to orthodontics and rugby union.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Wallabies by a point - again". The Canberra Times. 5 August 1982. p. 1 (Sports Section) – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "John Edward Francis Coolican". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Queens Birthday Honours celebrates University community". The University of Sydney. 16 June 2021.
External links
- John Coolican at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Members of the Order of Australia
- Australian dentists
- Rugby union executives
- Rugby union props
- Rugby union players from New South Wales
- People from Bourke, New South Wales
- People educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview