Geoffrey Vaughan Explained

Geoffrey Vaughan
Birth Name:Geoffrey Norman Vaughan[1]
Birth Date:9 April 1933
Birth Place:Sydney
Death Date:[2]
School:Homebush Boys High School
University:University of Sydney
Melbourne University
Children:David Vaughan
Ru Position:prop
Ru Amateurclubs:Western Suburbs
Melbourne University Rugby Club
Ru Nationalyears:1958
Ru Nationalteam:Wallabies
Ru Nationalcaps:6
Ru Nationalpoints:(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. In 2006, Vaughan was made officer of the Order of Australia.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scrum.com player profile of Geoffrey Vaughan. Scrum.com. 12 July 2010.
  2. https://www.monash.edu/pharm/about/news/news-listing/2018/former-dean-dr-geoff-vaughan-passes-away Former Dean Dr Geoff Vaughan passes away
  3. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1132843 Vaughan, Geoffrey Norman