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Gordon Stone (rugby union)

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Gordon Stone
Birth nameCharles Stone
Date of birth(1914-04-06)6 April 1914
Place of birthSydney
Date of death7 February 2015(2015-02-07) (aged 100)
Place of deathSydney
SchoolSydney Boys High School
Occupation(s)Medical technologist
Rugby union career
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1933–38 Randwick 93 93
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1938 New South Wales
Australia
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Charles "Gordon" Stone (6 April 1914 – 7 February 2015) was an Australian rugby union player.

Career

Stone was born in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, where he played rugby on the oval of the nearby Coast Hospital. He attended Sydney Boys High School, where he continued playing rugby and was selected for the school's First XV.

Upon completing his schooling in 1933, he joined the Randwick DRUFC (known as the 'Galloping Greens'), with whom he played 93 matches. In 1938, he received state selection, playing seven matches for the New South Wales Waratahs. He also was selected for the national team, the Wallabies, in the same year, playing one Bledisloe Cup match against the New Zealand All Blacks on 23 July 1938.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Vale Gordon Stone: Australia's Oldest Wallaby". Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 10 February 2015.