Birth name | Saxon William White[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 9 March 1934||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | The King's School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Sydney[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Medical professor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saxon William White AM (born 9 March 1934) is an Australian academic and former national representative rugby union centre. He made a total of seven international rugby representative appearances for Australia. He was the Foundation Professor of Human Physiology at the University of Newcastle medical school from 1976 to 1999 and since 2000 he has been Emeritus Professor at the University of Newcastle and an honorary professor at the Sydney University.