David Crombie (rugby union)

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David Crombie
Full nameDavid Charles Crombie
Date of birth (1944-06-22) 22 June 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth Sydney, NSW, Australia
School Scots College, Warwick
Churchie, Brisbane
University University of Queensland
Occupation(s)Agriculture businessman
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1967 Australia

David Charles Crombie AM (born 22 June 1944) is an Australian former rugby union player. [1]

Born in Sydney, Crombie undertook his early schooling at Scots College in Warwick, Queensland, which is where he first started playing rugby. He later attended Churchie and was a hooker in their 1st XV. Unusually for a forward, Crombie was a noted goal-kicker, a skill he worked on at Churchie while being sidelined with a broken arm. [2] [3]

Crombie went on to pursue tertiary studies at Emmanuel College and played rugby for the University of Queensland (UQ), with which he featured in four first-grade premierships. He won UQ the 1965 grand final against GPS with a penalty kick after the bell, from a distance of forty metres and within ten metres of the sideline. [3]

In 1967, Crombie was selected by the Wallabies as a reserve for their tour of New Zealand, consisting of a one-off Test match against the All Blacks to commemorate the New Zealand Rugby Union's 75th Jubilee. He didn't get an opportunity to come on off the bench and the All Blacks claimed a 29–9 win. [3]

Crombie was capped 16 times for Queensland during his career. [3] [4]

Post retirement, Crombie remained involved in rugby as an administrator. He was chairman of Queensland Rugby Union from 1999 to 2003 and was an Australian Rugby Union board member, serving as president from 2013 to 2015. [5]

Crombie was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2014 for services to agriculture and sport. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Problems for Wallaby selectors". The Canberra Times . 6 April 1966. p. 30 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "GPS rugby: Churchie's greatest - and the best of the rest". The Courier Mail . 9 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "David Charles 'Jock' Crombie". Classic Wallabies.
  4. ↑ "Rugby Union Thriller: Great win to Queensland over Fiji". The Canberra Times . 31 July 1969. p. 30 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Crombie is new QRU president". The Sydney Morning Herald . 13 May 2005.
  6. ↑ "David Crombie's fortunate life". Farm Online. 1 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "David Crombie, AM, passionate about agriculture, sport and the community". ABC News . 27 January 2014.
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