Birth name | Tom Lawton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 January 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cungumbogan, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 July 1978 | (aged 79)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Brisbane Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Queensland Sydney University[1] Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom Lawton Snr (16 January 1899 – 1 July 1978) was an Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative five-eighth who made 44 appearances for the Wallabies, played in 14 Test matches and captained the national side on ten occasions.