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Bryan Palmer

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Early life
War service
Representative rugby
Coach
Honours
References

{{short description|Australian rugby union player}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}{{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}}{{For|those of a similar name|Brian Palmer (disambiguation)}}George Thomas Bryan Palmer (1899–1990) was an Australian Rugby Union player who coached the Wallabies. He has been described as "one of the most colourful personalities in Australian rugby".^[1]

Early life

Palmer was born in Dubbo, New South Wales, the son of T D Palmer, who had played Rugby for the Waratahs in 1899. He played his first Rugby in Dubbo before attending Newington College as a boarder (1915–1916).^[2]

War service

Palmer served with the Australian Light Horse in World War I and was invalided home after a bout of near fatal pneumonia. As part of his recovery he joined the Glebe-Balmain Rugby Club to build up his strength and over the ensuing seven seasons played 93 games on the wing.

Representative rugby

His first of seven matches for NSW was played in 1927. Palmer was selected and toured with the Wallabies to New Zealand in 1931 but didn't play a match.

Coach

Between 1963 and 1967 he was the coach of the national side, retiring at the age of 68.

Honours

Palmer Shield - Played for by NSW Primary Schools^[3]
Bryan Palmer Shield - Played for each year by The King's School and Newington College since the centenary of rugby between the two schools in 1970^[4]

References

1. ^{{cite book|title=Australian Rugby - The Game and the Players |author=Jack Pollard Syd|year=1994 | page= 456|chapter= Palmer, George Thomas Bryan (1899 - 1990)|ref=harv}}
2. ^{{cite book|title=Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 |author=Syd |year=1999 |page=147|ref=harv}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nswrugby.com.au/DevelopmentRugby/PrimarySchoolsDevelopment/GovernmentPrimarySchools.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012131604/http://www.nswrugby.com.au/DevelopmentRugby/PrimarySchoolsDevelopment/GovernmentPrimarySchools.aspx|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2009-10-12|title=New South Wales Rugby|ref=harv}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au/public/SecondarySchool/Sport/Rugby/History.cfm |title=Rugby at Newington - A History |ref=harv |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912231520/http://newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au/public/SecondarySchool/Sport/Rugby/History.cfm |archivedate=12 September 2009 |df=dmy }}

5 : 1899 births|1990 deaths|Australian rugby union players|Australian rugby union coaches|People educated at Newington College

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