Mike Gibbons (rugby union) explained

Mike Gibbons
Full Name:Eric de Courcy Gibbons
Birth Date:20 October 1913
Birth Place:Mosman, Sydney, Australia
Height:5 ft 5 in
Position:Scrum-half
Repyears1:1936
Repcaps1:3
Reppoints1:2

Eric de Courcy "Mike" Gibbons (20 October 1913 — 20 August 1962) was an Australian rugby union international.

Born in Sydney, Gibbons was a product of St. Leonard's Grammar School.[1]

Gibbons, a 165 cm scrum-half, won a first-grade premiership with Northern Suburbs in 1933, scoring a decisive try in the grand final.[2] He featured in another premiership in 1935 and made his NSW representative debut that year against Queensland. In 1936, Gibbons was called up by the Wallabies for the tour of New Zealand, playing in all three Tests, two against the All Blacks and one against NZ Maori. He was recalled after three years to vice captain the Wallabies on the 1939–40 tour of Britain, but the trip had to be abandoned two days after they arrived, with war declared on Germany.[1] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eric de Courcy Gibbons . classicwallabies.com.au . en.
  2. News: Premier Of Rugby Union After 33 Years . . 17 September 1933 . 21 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: State Union Half Gibbons Retires . . 16 May 1946 . 28 (Late Final Extra 2) . National Library of Australia.