Full name | John Edward Francis Coolican | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 September 1953 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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John Edward Francis Coolican AM (born 27 September 1953) is an Australian former rugby union international. [1]
Coolican was born in Sydney but raised in Bourke and boarded at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview. [2]
A loosehead prop, Coolican gained four Wallabies caps during the early 1980s. His first cap came in Christchurch on the 1982 tour of New Zealand, forming a front row with two other debutants, Andy McIntyre and Bruce Malouf. He received a further three caps on the 1983 tour of Italy and France. [2]
Coolican, an orthodontist by profession, is a former President of the NSWRU. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to orthodontics and rugby union. [3]
Full name | John Edward Francis Coolican | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 September 1953 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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John Edward Francis Coolican AM (born 27 September 1953) is an Australian former rugby union international. [1]
Coolican was born in Sydney but raised in Bourke and boarded at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview. [2]
A loosehead prop, Coolican gained four Wallabies caps during the early 1980s. His first cap came in Christchurch on the 1982 tour of New Zealand, forming a front row with two other debutants, Andy McIntyre and Bruce Malouf. He received a further three caps on the 1983 tour of Italy and France. [2]
Coolican, an orthodontist by profession, is a former President of the NSWRU. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to orthodontics and rugby union. [3]