Brian Oxenham
| Full name | Brian Bede Aloysius Oxenham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 December 1916 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 April 1995 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Sydney, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st (182 lb; 83 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Saint Ignatius' College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brian Bede Aloysius Oxenham (8 December 1916 – 10 April 1995) was an Australian international rugby union player.
Born and raised in Sydney, Oxenham was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, and in addition to rugby excelled in athletics as a schoolboy, winning a GPS 880 yards championship. He began playing rugby for Sydney University during the late 1930s, having gone there to study medicine.[1]
Oxenham made the Wallabies squad for the 1939–40 tour of Britain and Ireland, as one of four flankers selected. He represented the Wallabies in a match in Bombay on the way over, but would however never get an opportunity to gain a cap, with the tour getting called off soon after they arrived in England, due to the war.[1]
Retiring from rugby in 1941, Oxenham became a radiology specialist.[2][3]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Brian Bede Aloysius Oxenham". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "B. Oxenham To Retire". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 September 1941. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "'Lucky 29' journey into despair - part two". www.theroar.com.au. 26 May 2013.