Murray Tate Explained

Murray Tate
Full Name:Murray James Tate
Birth Date:5 June 1927
Birth Place:Clovelly, Sydney, Australia
Death Place:Randwick, Sydney, Australia
Position:Fly-half
Repyears1:1951–54
Repcaps1:8
Reppoints1:3

Murray James Tate (5 June 1927 — 27 January 2010) was an Australian rugby union international.

Born in Sydney, Tate educated at Waverley College.[1]

Tate, a fly-half, won first-grade premierships with Eastern Suburbs in 1946 and 1947. He was a Wallabies player from 1951 to 1954, gaining eights caps. His career included the 1952 tour of New Zealand and 1953 tour of South Africa.[1] [2]

His daughter married Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney rugby league player Ken Wright.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Murray James Tate . classicwallabies.com.au . en.
  2. News: Tate's 100th match . . 18 September 1951 . 19 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Dad wears it as his son wears green . . 3 May 1990.