Thomas Drummond Perrin (26 February 1911– 21 April 1975) was an Australian

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player who represented for the

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twice.Australian Rugby - The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 460: Perrin, Thomas Drummond (1911–1975)

Early life

Perrin was born in Summer Hill and attended

Newington College , motto_translation = To Faith Add Knowledge , location = Inner West and Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = A ...

(1924–1927).Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 155

Club rugby

He grew up in

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and as a second rower joined

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after leaving school and played in their premiership side in 1933.

Representative rugby

He toured

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in 1931 with the Wallabies and played in seven of the ten games played and two tests.

References

Tom Perrin at espnscrum
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