John Freedman
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| Full name | John Edward Freedman | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 June 1935 Newcastle, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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John Edward Freedman OAM (born 25 June 1935) is an Australian former rugby union international and sailor.[1]
Freedman was born in Newcastle and educated at Canterbury Boys' High School.[2]
A Drummoyne first-grade player, Freedman was a tighthead prop and gained four Wallabies caps. He played three Tests on the 1962 tour of New Zealand and the first Test of the 1963 tour of South Africa. During the South Africa tour, Freedman captained the Wallabies in the tour match against Rhodesia in Salisbury.[2]
Freedman sailed in two America's Cup challenges as a crew member of Dame Pattie (1967) and Gretel II (1970).[3]
A former New South Wales Rugby Union president, Freedman was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1987 Australia Day Honours for services to rugby union and further honoured in 2000 with the Australian Sports Medal.[4]