Vince Bermingham Explained

Vince Bermingham
Full Name:John Vincent Bermingham
Birth Date:24 May 1907
Birth Place:Greenmount, QLD, Australia
Death Place:Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Occupation:Farmer
School:Warwick Technical College
Position:Prop
Repyears1:1934–37
Repcaps1:3
Reppoints1:0

John Vincent Bermingham (24 May 1907 — 22 July 1983) was an Australian rugby union international.

A native of Greenmount, Queensland, Bermingham received his education at Warwick Technical College.[1]

Bermingham was a powerfully built prop, who was a state amateur heavyweight boxing champion. Capped three times for the Wallabies, he played both Tests in a Bledisloe Cup-winning series against the All Blacks in 1934, then a match against the touring 1937 Springboks.[2] He also played rugby league for Toowoomba club Valleys.[3]

Bermingham was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977 for service to the dairy industry.[1]

Wallabies hooker Matt Faessler is his grandson.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Vincent Bermingham . classicwallabies.com.au . en.
  2. News: Big crowd set for Hall of Fame latest . . . 14 March 2014.
  3. News: Played Two Codes . . 28 June 1939 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: Junior Wallaby following in grandfather's footsteps . . 18 May 2018.