Neil Joseph Adams (26 August 1923 – 12 April 1986) was an Australian rugby union international.
| Full name | Neil Joseph Adams | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 August 1923 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wyong, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 12 April 1986 (aged 62) | ||||||||||||||||
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Adams was born in Wyong on the NSW Central Coast and went to school in Newcastle, attending Marist Brothers Hamilton until he left at age 14 to become a carpet layer. After playing rugby league for the Army in the war years, during which he served in the Pacific, he made his first-grade rugby debut for his club Merewether Carlton in 1946.[1]
A powerful prop, Adams had several years as a New South Wales representative before getting a Wallabies call up for the 1955 tour of New Zealand, at the late age of 31. He gained his solitary Wallabies cap in the 1st Test in Wellington.[2]
Adams, who had six years as a NSW Country selector, died of pneumonia in 1986 aged 62.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Thompson, Rod (22 April 2021). "Hunter Rugby rivals eye off Adams-Halter Anzac Shield". Newcastle Weekly.
- ^ "Neil Joseph Adams". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Neil Adams dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 April 1986.