Graeme Macdougall

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Graeme Macdougall
Birth nameDonald Graeme Macdougall
Date of birth(1940-01-25)25 January 1940
Place of birthSydney
School Newington College
Notable relative(s) Stuart Macdougall (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) lock [1]
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1961 Australia [1] 2 (0)
Rugby league career
Playing information
PositionForward
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1964 Balmain 20

Graeme Donald Macdougall (born 25 January 1940 [1] ) is a former Australian Rugby Union player who represented for the Wallabies twice. [2]

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Early life and rugby career

Macdougall was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1953–1958). [3] He played 63 first grade games with St George.

He played in his first Test match against Fiji in Brisbane. He toured South Africa in 1961–62 and played in the first Test at Johannesburg. He was at that time the youngest ever forward chosen to make a Wallaby tour. His brother Stuart was also an Australian rugby union representative player.

Rugby league career

In 1964, Macdougall turned to rugby league and played for the Balmain Tigers. A knee injury cut short his career and restricted him to just two appearances for Balmain in 1964.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scrum.com player profile of Graeme Macdougall". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. Australian Rugby – The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 300: Macdougall, Graeme Donald (1940 – )
  3. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 130