Rugby player
| Full name | Donald Joseph McDeed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1931-03-22) 22 March 1931 (age 93) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hastings, VIC, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Donald Joseph McDeed (born 22 March 1931) is an Australian former international rugby union player.
McDeed was born in the Victorian town of Hastings and educated at Sydney's St Patrick's College.
A hooker, McDeed played for Parramatta during the early 1950s, before switching to Manly. He was called up by the Wallabies in 1961 as understudy to Peter Johnson in a home series against Fiji, then kept his place for that year's tour of South Africa, featuring in their draw against South-West Africa and win over Border.
See also
References
- "Tripping Charge". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 April 1961.
- ^ "Donald Joseph McDeed". classicwallabies.com.au.
- "Manly debut as hooker for McDeed". The Daily Telegraph. 28 May 1954.
- 1931 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Victoria (state)
- Rugby union hookers
- New South Wales rugby union team players
- Parramatta Two Blues players
- Manly RUFC players
- People educated at St Patrick's College, Strathfield
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen