Ernie Freeman (rugby union)
| Date of birth | 7 November 1922 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 July 1977 (aged 54) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Eastwood, Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
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Ernie Freeman (7 November 1922 — 1 July 1977) was an Australian rugby union international.[1]
A native of Sydney, Freeman played his rugby for Drummoyne, debuting in first-grade in 1941.[2][3]
Freeman, a forward, began his representative career as a lock in the New South Wales team. He gained a place on the Wallabies squad for the 1946 tour of New Zealand after playing as a prop for "The Rest" in the selection trials. In the 1st All Blacks Test at Carisbrook, Freeman came onto the field as a replacement prop for the injured Eric Tweedale, to gain his first Wallabies cap. He was in the starting XV for the Test against NZ Maori, again as a prop.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Union Men Hurt; Miss Big Match". The Sun. 19 May 1947. p. 12 (Late Final Extra) – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Long Train Trip For Services R.U. Match". The Daily Telegraph. 10 August 1945. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Ernest Freeman". classicwallabies.com.au.
External links
[edit]- Ernie Freeman at ESPNscrum