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

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player.

Career

Stone was born in the

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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

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. He also was selected for the national team, the

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, in the same year, playing one

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match against the New Zealand

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on 23 July 1938.

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ESPN Scrum profile
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