Roy Prosser
| Birth name | Roydon Barnett Prosser | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 February 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Manly, New South Wales, Australia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 August 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Newington College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Cyril Towers, Father-in-law | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roydon "Roy" Barnett Prosser (18 February 1942 – 13 August 2008) was an Australian Rugby Union player who represented for the Wallabies twenty-five times. Prosser was once Australia's most capped prop.[2]
Early life[edit]
Prosser was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1949–1959) commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House.[3]
Club Rugby[edit]
Prosser played a club record 220 first grade games for Northern Suburbs Rugby Club and was a member of our three premiership sides in the 1960s.
Waratahs[edit]
He made his New South Wales debut in 1963, making 24 appearances for the Waratahs over the following ten seasons.
Wallabies[edit]
Prosser played 25 Test matches: seven against South Africa, six against New Zealand, five against France, three against Ireland and one each against England, Scotland, Wales and Fiji.[1] He made his Test debut in 1967 against England at Twickenham in a game the Wallabies won 23–11 and played in two tests of that 1966–67 Wallaby tour. His last Test was against Fiji in Suva in 1972 which the Wallabies won 21–19.[1]
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