Wally Lewis (rugby union)
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Llewellyn Stanley "Wally" Lewis (23 March 1912 – 1 January 1990) was an Australian rugby union international.
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Full name | Llewellyn Stanley Lewis | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1912-03-23)23 March 1912 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 January 1990(1990-01-01) (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
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Lewis, born in Brisbane, played rugby league while attending Ithaca Creek State School, but later picked up rugby union at Brisbane State High School and was a Combined High Schools representative.[1]
An elusive fly-half, Lewis was attached to the GPS club in Brisbane.[2] He gained four Wallabies caps during his career, including both matches in the 1934 Bledisloe Cup-winning series. Injuries plagued him during his Wallabies years and he also had the misfortune of being part of the abandoned 1939–40 tour of Britain.[1][3]