Neill Latimer | |
Full Name: | Neill Buchanan Latimer |
Birth Date: | 5 September 1930 |
Birth Place: | Brisbane, Australia |
Height: | 6 ft 4 in |
Position: | Lock |
Repyears1: | 1957 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Neill Buchanan Latimer (5 September 1930 — 2 February 2012) was an Australian rugby union international.
Educated at Knox Grammar School, Latimer was a towering lock and played his rugby for Sydney club Gordon.[1]
Latimer's early career in first-grade rugby was limited due to his work at a remote cattle station in Queensland, missing the entire 1955 and 1956 seasons for Gordon.[2] As such it was a surprise when he received a call up by the Wallabies in 1957 for a home series against the All Blacks, with his only previous representative experience being for the City seconds.[3] He was capped in the 2nd Test in Brisbane as a replacement for injured captain Alan Cameron.[4]