Brian Cox (rugby union)
| Full name | Brian Phillip Cox | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 September 1928 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 June 2015 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Brian Phillip Cox (24 September 1928 — 13 June 2015) was an Australian rugby union international. His two sons, Mitchell and Phillip Cox were also capped for Australia in rugby union.[1]
A Shore School product, Cox was a scrum-half noted for his swift passes and made his New South Wales representative debut at the age of 19. He played his first-grade rugby for Manly.[2]
Cox gained nine Wallabies caps from 1952 to 1957. After coming into the team for Cyril Burke, who had been a Wallabies regular since the end of the war, Cox played four consecutive internationals, including a win over the All Blacks in Christchurch. A fractured ankle then cost him a place on the 1953 tour of South Africa and thereafter the selectors alternated between him and Burke as preferred scrum-half. He made his last Test appearance in 1957 and was considered unfortunate to miss selection for the 1957–58 tour of Britain, Ireland and France.[3]
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References
- ^ Growden, Greg (19 June 2015). "Mitchell, Alo-Emile firming for Wallabies". ESPN.com.
- ^ "Former Wallabies halfback Brian Cox dies". The Fiji Times. 16 June 2015.
- ^ "Brian Phillip Cox". classicwallabies.com.au.