Full name | John Vincent Bermingham | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 May 1907 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Greenmount, QLD, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 July 1983 | (aged 76)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Brisbane, QLD, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
School | Warwick Technical College | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Farmer | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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John Vincent Bermingham (24 May 1907 — 22 July 1983) was an Australian rugby union international.
A native of Greenmount, Queensland, Bermingham received his education at Warwick Technical College. [1]
Bermingham was a powerfully built prop, who was a state amateur heavyweight boxing champion. Capped three times for the Wallabies, he played both Tests in a Bledisloe Cup-winning series against the All Blacks in 1934, then a match against the touring 1937 Springboks. [2] He also played rugby league for Toowoomba club Valleys. [3]
Bermingham was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977 for service to the dairy industry. [1]
Wallabies hooker Matt Faessler is his grandson. [4]
Full name | John Vincent Bermingham | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 May 1907 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Greenmount, QLD, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 July 1983 | (aged 76)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Brisbane, QLD, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
School | Warwick Technical College | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Farmer | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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John Vincent Bermingham (24 May 1907 — 22 July 1983) was an Australian rugby union international.
A native of Greenmount, Queensland, Bermingham received his education at Warwick Technical College. [1]
Bermingham was a powerfully built prop, who was a state amateur heavyweight boxing champion. Capped three times for the Wallabies, he played both Tests in a Bledisloe Cup-winning series against the All Blacks in 1934, then a match against the touring 1937 Springboks. [2] He also played rugby league for Toowoomba club Valleys. [3]
Bermingham was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977 for service to the dairy industry. [1]
Wallabies hooker Matt Faessler is his grandson. [4]