Ernie Freeman (rugby union)
Rugby player (1922–1977) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ernie Freeman (7 November 1922 — 1 July 1977) was an Australian rugby union international.[1]
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Date of birth | (1922-11-07)7 November 1922 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 July 1977(1977-07-01) (aged 54) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Eastwood, Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
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A native of Sydney, Freeman played his rugby for Drummoyne, debuting in first-grade in 1941.[2][3]
Freeman, a forward, began his representative career as a lock in the New South Wales team. He gained a place on the Wallabies squad for the 1946 tour of New Zealand after playing as a prop for "The Rest" in the selection trials. In the 1st All Blacks Test at Carisbrook, Freeman came onto the field as a replacement prop for the injured Eric Tweedale, to gain his first Wallabies cap. He was in the starting XV for the Test against NZ Maori, again as a prop.[3]