Bill Hemingway
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| Full name | Wilfrid Hubert Hemingway | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 September 1908 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 April 1981 (aged 72) Dubbo, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Sydney Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Sydney | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Solicitor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Wilfrid Hubert Hemingway (22 September 1908 — 12 April 1981) was an Australian rugby union international.
Hemingway, born in Auckland, immigrated to Australia as a young child and attended Sydney Grammar School.[1]
A speedy winger, Hemingway attained five Test caps between 1928 and 1932, making his debut aged 19.[2]
Hemingway, a solicitor by profession, played first-grade rugby for Sydney University while studying for his law degree and later joined Northern Suburbs, for which he set a club record 101 points in the 1932 season.[3]
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External links
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Categories:
- 1908 births
- 1981 deaths
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- Rugby union wings
- Sydney University Football Club players
- Northern Suburbs Rugby Club players
- People educated at Sydney Grammar School
- University of Sydney alumni
- New Zealand emigrants to Australia
- New South Wales rugby union team players
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen