Don McDeed
| Full name | Donald Joseph McDeed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 22 March 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.[1]
McDeed was born in the Victorian town of Hastings and educated at Sydney's St Patrick's College.[2]
A hooker, McDeed played for Parramatta during the early 1950s, before switching to Manly.[3] 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.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tripping Charge". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 April 1961.
- ^ a b "Donald Joseph McDeed". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Manly debut as hooker for McDeed". The Daily Telegraph. 28 May 1954.