Full name | Patrick Joseph Knapp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 April 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Brisbane, QLD, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Joseph Knapp (born 20 April 1939) is an Australian former international rugby union player.
Born in Brisbane, Knapp was educated at Marist College Ashgrove, Hawkesbury College and Duntroon Military College. [1]
Knapp, a Brothers back-rower, made his Queensland debut in 1961 and was a Wallabies reserve for that year's Test against Fiji at the Exhibition Ground in Brisbane, before retiring from rugby aged 22. [2] [3]
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