John Fogarty (rugby union, born 1927)
| Birth name | John Raymond Patrick Fogarty[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | c. 1928[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Queensland[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 July 2007[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's, Nudgee | |||||||||||||||||||||
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John Raymond Patrick Fogarty (c. 18 October 1928 – 9 July 2007) was an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer. He played two tests as a winger for the Wallabies in 1949.
Fogarty started playing rugby for St. Joseph's Nudgee College in Brisbane. He played for Brothers Old Boys in the Brisbane club rugby competition.[2] in a golden era for the club. He represented Queensland as a winger.
Fogarty was a small player but was very fast and a good tackler.[2]
In 1949, Fogarty was chosen in two tests against a New Zealand Maori side in Brisbane and Sydney. He was also a member of the Australian touring team to New Zealand led by Trevor Allan that won the Bledisloe Cup for the first time.[3]
Fogarty's rugby league career included stints playing with Taree, Balmain, Brisbane Brothers and Herbert River. He also played one match for Queensland against New South Wales in 1952.
He died of lung cancer in 2007.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Scrum.com player profile of John Fogarty". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ a b AAP via The Sydney Morning Herald, "Former Wallaby John Fogarty passes away" 9 July 2007
- ^ New Zealand Newswire, "Australian Rugby Mourns Passing of Wallaby Winger John Fogarty" 9 July 2007[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]- Queensland representatives at qrl.com.au
- John Fogarty at ESPNscrum
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