Eric Tweedale

Eric Tweedale
Tweedale in 2011
Date of birth(1921-05-05)5 May 1921
Place of birthRochdale, Lancashire, England
Date of death16 October 2023(2023-10-16) (aged 102)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1936–1942, 1957 Parramatta Two Blues (…)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
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International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1946–1949 Australia 10
Coaching career
Years Team
1957 Parramatta Two Blues

Eric Tweedale (5 May 1921 – 16 October 2023) was an English-born Australian international rugby union player. He played club rugby for Parramatta Two Blues, provincial rugby for New South Wales and internationally for the Australia national rugby union team as a prop.[1] Between 5 May 2021 and his death, he was the oldest living Australian rugby international.[2]

  1. ^ "Eric Tweedale". ESPN. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Oldest living Wallabies player turns 100 today". Nine Network. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.