| Full name | John Keith Wolfe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 March 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Anglican Church Grammar School The Southport School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Keith Wolfe (born 25 March 1943) is an Australian former international rugby union player. [1]
Raised on the Gold Coast, Wolfe picked up rugby union during his time as a pupil at Anglican Church Grammar School, before playing in the 1st XV with The Southport School, where he completed his last two years of school. [2]
Wolfe, a fullback and winger, played his first-grade rugby for the University of Queensland. He toured New Zealand with Queensland in 1963 and subsequently won a place on the Wallabies squad for that year's tour of South Africa, selected as a winger. Featuring in seven uncapped tour matches, Wolfe had been set for a cap in the second Test against the Springboks at Newlands, after John Williams contracted bronchitis, but broke his right foot in a training accident and had to pull out. He was a member of the Queensland side which toured Fiji in 1965. [2] [3]
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