| Full name | Eric de Courcy Gibbons | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 October 1913 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mosman, Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 August 1962 (aged 48) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
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Eric de Courcy "Mike" Gibbons (20 October 1913 — 20 August 1962) was an Australian rugby union international.
Born in Sydney, Gibbons was a product of St. Leonard's Grammar School.[1]
Gibbons, a 165 cm scrum-half, won a first-grade premiership with Northern Suburbs in 1933, scoring a decisive try in the grand final.[2] He featured in another premiership in 1935 and made his NSW representative debut that year against Queensland. In 1936, Gibbons was called up by the Wallabies for the tour of New Zealand, playing in all three Tests, two against the All Blacks and one against NZ Maori. He was recalled after three years to vice captain the Wallabies on the 1939–40 tour of Britain, but the trip had to be abandoned two days after they arrived, with war declared on Germany.[1][3]
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References
- 1 2 "Eric de Courcy Gibbons". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ↑ "Premier Of Rugby Union After 33 Years". The Sun. 17 September 1933. p. 21 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "State Union Half Gibbons Retires". The Daily Mirror. 16 May 1946. p. 28 (Late Final Extra 2) – via National Library of Australia.