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Geoffrey Vaughan

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Geoffrey Vaughan
Birth nameGeoffrey Norman Vaughan[1]
Date of birth(1933-04-09)9 April 1933[1]
Place of birthSydney[1]
Date of death4 January 2018(2018-01-04) (aged 84)[2]
SchoolHomebush Boys High School
UniversityUniversity of Sydney
Melbourne University
Rugby union career
Position(s) prop[1]
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Western Suburbs ()
Melbourne University Rugby Club ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1958[1] Wallabies[1] 6 (0)

Geoffrey Norman Vaughan (9 April 1933 – 4 January 2018) was an Australian rugby union player, a national representative prop forward of the 1950s.

Vaughan was born in Sydney and claimed a total of 6 international rugby caps for Australia. He made the Wallabies' 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France where he played in three Tests. His other Test match appearances were made against the New Zealand Maori during their 1958 tour to Australia.

He later served as Dean of the Victorian College of Pharmacy (1979–1987) and director of the Chisholm Institute of Technology.[2] In 2006, Vaughan was made officer of the Order of Australia.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Scrum.com player profile of Geoffrey Vaughan". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b Former Dean Dr Geoff Vaughan passes away
  3. ^ Vaughan, Geoffrey Norman