Bryan Palmer
| Birth name | George Thomas Bryan Palmer | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 January 1899 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 April 1990 (aged 91) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Sydney, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Newington College | ||||||||||||||||
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George Thomas Bryan Palmer (21 January 1899 – 19 April 1990) was an Australian rugby union player who coached the Wallabies. He has been described as "one of the most colourful personalities in Australian rugby".[1]
Early life
[edit]Palmer was born in Dubbo, New South Wales, the son of T D Palmer, who had played Rugby for the Waratahs in 1899. He played his first Rugby in Dubbo before attending Newington College as a boarder (1915–1916).[2]
War service
[edit]Palmer served with the Australian Light Horse in World War I and was invalided home after a bout of near fatal pneumonia. As part of his recovery he joined the Glebe-Balmain Rugby Club to build up his strength and over the ensuing seven seasons played 93 games on the wing.
Representative rugby
[edit]His first of seven matches for NSW was played in 1927. Palmer was selected and toured with the Wallabies to New Zealand in 1931 but did not play a match.[3]
Coach
[edit]Between 1963 and 1967 he was the coach of the national side, retiring at the age of 68.
Honours
[edit]- Palmer Shield - Played for by NSW Primary Schools[4]
- Bryan Palmer Shield - Played for each year by The King's School and Newington College since the centenary of rugby between the two schools in 1970[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Jack Pollard Syd (1994). "Palmer, George Thomas Bryan (1899 - 1990)". Australian Rugby - The Game and the Players. p. 456.
- ^ Syd (1999). Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998. p. 147.
- ^ Wallabies George Thomas Bryan Palmer Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "New South Wales Rugby". Archived from the original on 12 October 2009.
- ^ "Rugby at Newington - A History". Archived from the original on 12 September 2009.
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