Paul Perrin Explained

Paul Perrin
Full Name:Paul Douglas Perrin
Birth Date:26 March 1940
Birth Place:Pymble, Sydney, Australia
Position:Lock
Repyears1:1962
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Paul Douglas Perrin (born 26 March 1940) is an Australian former rugby union international.

Perrin is the son of 1930s Wallabies number eight Tom Perrin. He was born in the Sydney suburb of Pymble and educated at The Southport School on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[1]

A lock, Perrin played for the Brisbane-based GPS club and was capped once for the Wallabies, against the All Blacks at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground in 1962, with Rob Heming unavailable.[2]

Perrin was the inaugural captain-coach of the Gold Coast Eagles in the Queensland Sub-District competition.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paul Douglas Perrin . classicwallabies.com.au . en.
  2. News: Australia Lose Union Captain . . 25 May 1962.
  3. Web site: Our History . Gold Coast District Rugby Union . https://web.archive.org/web/20140228155121/http://www.rugbygoldcoast.com.au/index.php/information/our-history . 28 February 2014.