Gordon Stone (rugby union)

Gordon Stone

Personal information
Date of birth	6 April 1914
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Date of death	7 February 2015 (aged 100)
Place of death	Sydney, New South Wales
Occupation	Medical technologist
School	Sydney Boys High School
Spouse	Iris Sharpe
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 1933–38 Randwick 93
Representative teams
1938 New South Wales Australia 7 (0) 1 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Charles "Gordon" Stone (6 April 1914 – 7 February 2015) was an Australian rugby union player.

Career

Stone was born in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, where he played rugby on the oval of the nearby Coast Hospital. He attended Sydney Boys High School, where he continued playing rugby and was selected for the school's First XV.

Upon completing his schooling in 1933, he joined the Randwick DRUFC (known as the 'Galloping Greens'), with whom he played 93 matches. In 1938, he received state selection, playing seven matches for the New South Wales Waratahs. He also was selected for the national team, the Wallabies, in the same year, playing one Bledisloe Cup match against the New Zealand All Blacks on 23 July 1938.^[1]

References

1. "Vale Gordon Stone: Australia's Oldest Wallaby". Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

External links

• ESPN Scrum profile