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Bruce Bailey (rugby union)

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Bruce Bailey
Full nameBruce Gilbert Bailey
Date of birth(1940-05-07)7 May 1940
Place of birthSydney, NSW, Australia
Date of death12 January 1999(1999-01-12) (aged 58)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1963 Australia

Bruce Gilbert Bailey (7 May 1940 – 12 January 1999) was an Australian international rugby union player.[1]

A wool-classer from country New South Wales, Bailey was known by the nickname "Broody" and played as a prop.[2]

Bailey was captain-coach of Goulburn in 1963 when he earned a Wallabies call up for their 1963 tour of South Africa and featured in eight fixtures during the tour, but none of the Tests against the Springboks.[3] He later lived in Melbourne through his work, winning premierships as both a player and coach with Box Hill.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Reunion for Wallabies". The Canberra Times. 9 July 1964. p. 26 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b "Bruce Gilbert ('Broody') Bailey". classicwallabies.com.au.
  3. ^ "Rugby Union: Whites journey to Goulburn tomorrow". Queanbeyan Age. 14 June 1963. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.