Gordon Stone (rugby union) explained

Gordon Stone
Birth Name:Charles Gordon Stone
Birth Date:1914 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Coogee, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
School:Sydney Boys High School
Spouse:Iris Sharpe
Occupation:Medical technologist
Youthyears1: 
Ru Clubyears:1933–38
Ru Proclubs:Randwick
Ru Clubcaps:93
Ru Clubpoints:93
Super14years: 
Ru Nationalyears:1938
Ru Nationalteam:New South Wales
Australia
Ru Nationalcaps:7
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Ru Nationalpoints:(0)
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Repsevensyears1: 

Charles Gordon Stone (6 April 1914 – 7 February 2015) was an Australian rugby union player.

Biography

Stone was born in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, where he played rugby on the oval of the nearby Coast Hospital. He attended Sydney Boys High School, where he continued playing rugby and was selected for the school's First XV.

Upon completing his schooling in 1933, he joined the Randwick DRUFC (known as the "Galloping Greens"), with whom he played 93 matches. In 1938, he received state selection, playing seven matches for the New South Wales Waratahs. He also was selected for the national team, the Wallabies, in the same year, playing one Bledisloe Cup match against the New Zealand All Blacks on 23 July 1938.[1]

Stone died on 7 February 2015 at a Bowral nursing home, aged 100.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vale Gordon Stone: Australia's oldest Wallaby. Rugby Australia. 16 June 2024. Australian Associated Press. 10 February 2015.
  2. Web site: 'Quiet, modest gentleman' Charles Stone lived for rugby and helping others. The Daily Telegraph. Southern Courier. 16 June 2024. 10 February 2015.