Tony Miller (rugby union), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Tony Miller (rugby union)

Australian rugby union footballer and coach

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1929

Place of Birth: Manly, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 06-Apr-1988

Profession: rugby union player

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Tony Miller (rugby union)

  • Tony Miller MBE, (1929–88) was an Australian rugby union footballer and coach, A state and national representative second-row forward, he played forty-one Test matches for Australia in a representative career spanning sixteen seasons.
  • His age at 38 years, 113 days at the time of his last Wallaby appearance stands as the Australian Test record for the oldest player.
  • His club career spanned an extraordinary twenty-three years.
  • He is an inductee to the Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame. Miller was born in Manly, New South Wales).
  • His club rugby career was played with the Manly Rugby Club in Sydney.
  • His international debut for Australia was against Fiji in 1952.
  • His Test appearance against Scotland on the 1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France marked an Australian Test cap record at that time, of thirty-seven career appearances.
  • After his long playing career ended he coached at the Manly club for four years before commencing a long coaching association with the Warringah Rugby Club.

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