Ernie Freeman (rugby union)

Ernie Freeman
Date of birth(1922-11-07)7 November 1922
Place of birthSydney, Australia
Date of death1 July 1977(1977-07-01) (aged 54)
Place of deathEastwood, Sydney, Australia
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1946 Australia 2 (0)

Ernie Freeman (7 November 1922 — 1 July 1977) was an Australian rugby union international.[1]

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]

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References

  1. ^ "Union Men Hurt; Miss Big Match". The Sun. 19 May 1947. p. 12 (Late Final Extra) – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Long Train Trip For Services R.U. Match". The Daily Telegraph. 10 August 1945. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b "Ernest Freeman". classicwallabies.com.au.