James Victor Brown

Jim Brown
Birth name James Victor Brown
Date of birth (1935-06-05) 5 June 1935
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
School Newington College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1957-1958  Australia 9 ()

James Victor Brown (born 5 June 1935) is a former Australian Rugby Union player who played for the Wallabies nine times.[1]

Early life

Brown was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1947–1951)[2] from where he was selected to play rugby in the GPS Ist XV. Post school he became a member of Randwick pack as hooker joining Nick Shehadie.[1]

Representative career

At the age of twenty Brown was selected to represent New South Wales against Queensland. The following year he played in his first test match against South Africa. He retired from representative rugby after the 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France. He was known for his fiery personality and was on one occasion was sent off during training by the Australian coach, Denis Cowper, a fellow Old Newingtonian.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Rugby - The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 72: Brown, James Victor (1935 - )
  2. ↑ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp23
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