James Victor Brown

James Victor Brown (5 June 1935 – 14 July 2020[1]) was a Australian Rugby Union player who played for the Wallabies nine times.[2]

Jim Brown
Birth nameJames Victor Brown
Date of birth(1935-06-05)5 June 1935
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death14 July 2020(2020-07-14) (aged 85)
Place of deathNewcastle, New South Wales
SchoolNewington College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1957-1958 Australia 9

Early life

Brown was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1947–1951)[3] from where he was selected to play rugby in the GPS Ist XV. Post school he became a member of Randwick pack as hooker joining Nick Shehadie.[2]

Representative career

At the age of twenty Brown was selected to represent New South Wales against Queensland. The following year he played in his first test match against South Africa. He retired from representative rugby after the 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France. He was known for his fiery personality and was on one occasion was sent off during training by the Australian coach, Denis Cowper, a fellow Old Newingtonian.[2]

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References
  1. "James Victor Brown". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. Australian Rugby - The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 72: Brown, James Victor (1935 - )
  3. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp23
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