Neil Betts
Appearance
Birth name | Terence Neil Betts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 13 April 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 4 February 2017 | (aged 90)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | St Laurence's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Terence Neil "Tiny" Betts OAM (13 April 1926 – 4 February 2017) was an Australian rugby union player who played for Queensland and the national team.[1]
He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2009, for service to rugby union football as a player, administrator and coach.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Vale Classic Wallaby Neil Betts". Rugby.com.au. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "BETTS, Terence Neil". It's an Honour. Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
Categories:
- 1926 births
- 2017 deaths
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Queensland rugby union team players
- Rugby union players from Brisbane
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Rugby union props
- Souths Rugby players
- People educated at St Laurence's College
- Australian rugby union biography stubs