Tony Miller (rugby union) explained

Tony Miller
Birth Name:Anthony Robert Miller
Birth Date:28 April 1929
Birth Place:Manly
Death Place:Sydney
Ru Position:Lock
Amatteam1:Manly RUFC
Apps1:346
Ru Province1:NSW
Ru Provinceapps1:100
Repyears1:1952–1967
Repcaps1:41

Tony Miller MBE, (1929–88) was an Australian rugby union footballer and coach, A state and national representative second-row forward, he played forty-one Test matches for Australia in a representative career spanning sixteen seasons. His age at 38 years, 113 days at the time of his last Wallaby appearance stands as the Australian Test record for the oldest player. His club career spanned an extraordinary twenty-three years.[1] [2] He is an inductee to the Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame.

Miller was born in Manly, New South Wales). His club rugby career was played with the Manly Rugby Club in Sydney. His international debut for Australia was against Fiji in 1952. His Test appearance against Scotland on the 1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France marked an Australian Test cap record at that time, of thirty-seven career appearances. After his long playing career ended he coached at the Manly club for four years before commencing a long coaching association with the Warringah Rugby Club.

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  1. Web site: Mosmanis.info .
  2. Mosman Sporting Hall of Fame