| John Coolican | |
| Full Name: | John Edward Francis Coolican |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Sydney, Australia |
| Position: | Prop |
| Repyears1: | 1982–83 |
| Repcaps1: | 4 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
John Edward Francis Coolican AM (born 27 September 1953) is an Australian former rugby union international.[1]
Coolican was born in Sydney but raised in Bourke and boarded at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview.[2]
A loosehead prop, Coolican gained four Wallabies caps during the early 1980s. His first cap came in Christchurch on the 1982 tour of New Zealand, forming a front row with two other debutants, Andy McIntyre and Bruce Malouf. He received a further three caps on the 1983 tour of Italy and France.[2]
Coolican, an orthodontist by profession, is a former President of the NSWRU. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to orthodontics and rugby union.[3]