Tony Miller (rugby)
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, (1929–88) was an Australian
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footballer and coach, A
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representative second-row forward, he played forty-one Test matches for Australia in a representative career spanning sixteen seasons. His age at 38 years, 113 days at the time of his last Wallaby appearance stands as the Australian Test record for the oldest player. His club career spanned an extraordinary twenty-three years.Mosman Sporting Hall of Fame He is an inductee to the
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Hall of Fame. Miller was born in
Manly, New South Wales Manly is a beach-side suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is north-east of the Sydney central business district and is currently one of the three administrative centres of the Local government in Australia ...
). His club rugby career was played with the Manly Rugby Club in Sydney. His international debut for
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was against
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in 1952. His Test appearance against
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on the
1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France Between October 1966 and March 1967 the Australia national rugby union team – the Wallabies – conducted a world tour on which they played five Tests and thirty-one minor tour matches. Under the captaincy of John Thornett they toured UK, Irel ...
marked an Australian Test cap record at that time, of thirty-seven career appearances. After his long playing career ended he coached at the Manly club for four years before commencing a long coaching association with the
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Published references

* Howell, Max (2005) ''Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains'', Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ * Zavos, Spiro (2000) ''The Golden Wallabies'', Penguin, Victoria


Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Tony 1929 births 1988 deaths Australian rugby union coaches Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Rugby union locks Rugby union players from Sydney Manly RUFC players Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire