Graham Wilson

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dateofdeath = 20 December, 2005 (aged 66)
placeofdeath = Sydney, New South Wales
countryofdeath = Australia
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position = Forward
club1 = Newtown
year1start = 1960
year1end = 1967
appearances1 = 128
tries1 = 11
goals1 = 15
fieldgoals1 = 0
points1 = 63
club2 = Cronulla-Sutherland
year2start = 1968
year2end = 1970
appearances2 = 37
tries2 = 2
goals2 = 0
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points2 = 6
teamA = New South Wales
yearAstart = 1961
yearAend = 1966
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yearBstart = 1963
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teamC = Australia
yearCstart = 1963
yearCend = 1964
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Graham Wilson (died in Sydney, New South Wales on 20 December, 2005cite web
url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-116582143.html
title = Former Kangaroos prop Wilson dies
accessdate = 2008-09-25
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publisher = AAP Sports News (Australia)
quote = ] ) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1960s. He played club football for Newtown and later Cronulla-Sutherland in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership and also achieved state and international representative honours. He is also the father of fellow rugby league footballer Alan Wilson.

Originally from Grafton, New South Wales, Wilson made his first grade debut for Newtown in the Sydney premiership as a 16-year-old in 1960cite web
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title = Graham Wilson
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publisher = Yesterday's Hero
quote = ] . He was first selected to represent New South Wales the following season. In 1963, the South African team was touring Australia and Wilson represented Sydney against the. Before leaving for New Zealand, the South African team invited Wilson and Canterbury-Bankstown's hooker, Fred Anderson to bolster their injury-ravaged forward pack. Later that year Wilson toured toured Britain and France with the 1963-64 Kangaroos, gaining the unusual distinction of playing for two countries in the same yearcite web
url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12186097.html
title = Memories of tour rekindled
accessdate = 2008-09-25
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publisher = The Press
quote = ] . On tour he played for The Ashes, helping Australia to victory in the series.

Wilson died in December, 2005 in Sydney, aged 66.

References

External links

* [http://rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Graham_Wilson.html Graham Wilson at rugbyleagueproject.com.au]
* [http://www.nrlstats.com/archive/players.cfm?PlayerID=5201 Graham Wilson at nrlstats.com.au]