Bob Loudon

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Birth nameRobert Briton Loudon[1]
Date of birth(1903-03-24)24 March 1903[1]
Place of birthLeeston[1] NZ
Date of death6 October 1991(1991-10-06) (aged 88)[1]
Bob Loudon
Birth nameRobert Briton Loudon[1]
Date of birth(1903-03-24)24 March 1903[1]
Place of birthLeeston[1] NZ
Date of death6 October 1991(1991-10-06) (aged 88)[1]
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight14 st 4 lb (91 kg)
SchoolSydney Grammar School[2]
Notable relative(s)Darby Loudon (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Versatile back
Flanker[1]
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
GPS Old Boys ()
– North Sydney RUFC ()
– Manly RUFC ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1923-34 New South Wales[2] 23 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1923-34 Australia[1] 13 (12)

Robert Briton Loudon (24 March 1903 – 6 October 1991) was a New Zealand born rugby union player, a flanker who made twenty-three representative appearances for the New South Wales state team in the 1920s. Seven of these matches have since been decreed as Test matches by the Australian Rugby Union and Loudon, who led the side in one such match in 1928, was therefore a captain of the Australian national team. After rugby union restarted in Queensland in 1929, and national selections were made from the two states Loudon played in six further full Australian Wallaby Test sides. In addition to his thirteen Test matches he made a further twenty-one tour match appearances for representative Australian sides on three international tours between 1923 and 1933.

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