Thomas Joseph "Puddin" Colton (30 August 1874 – 13 June 1958) was a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who represented

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. Colton, a flanker, was born in

Brisbane, Queensland Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia. His debut game was against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 2 July 1904. He was the younger brother of inaugural Australian representative player Alfred Colton. Queensland team 1899

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Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Rugby union flankers Rugby union players from Brisbane 1874 births 1958 deaths {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-stub