Eric de Courcy "Mike" Gibbons (20 October 1913 — 20 August 1962) was an Australian

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 it ...

international. Born in Sydney, Gibbons was a product of St. Leonard's Grammar School. Gibbons, a 165 cm scrum-half, won a first-grade premiership with Northern Suburbs in 1933, scoring a decisive try in the grand final. He featured in another premiership in 1935 and made his NSW representative debut that year against Queensland. In 1936, Gibbons was called up by the

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for the tour of New Zealand, playing in all three Tests, two against the

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and one against NZ Maori. He was recalled after three years to vice captain the Wallabies on the 1939–40 tour of Britain, but the trip had to be abandoned two days after they arrived, with war declared on Germany.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibbons, Mike 1913 births 1962 deaths Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Rugby union players from Sydney Rugby union scrum-halves Northern Suburbs Rugby Club players

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