Birth name | Eric Norton Tindall [1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 28 August 1944||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales [1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Eric Norton Tindall (born 28 August 1944) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Tindall, a scrum-half, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.
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