Birth name | David John Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 4 January 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Professional rugby union footballer, after dinner speaker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David John Wilson (born 4 January 1967) is a former Australian rugby union footballer who played on the openside flank 79 times, and who captained the Wallabies 9 times.
Through his career he won every international trophy available to an Australian test player (Bledisloe Cup series wins in 1992, 94, 98, 99 & 2000 including the 1999 win as Captain), a world cup in 1999 & finally a Tri Nations series win in 2000.