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Australian rugby player (1928–2015)

Rugby player
Brian Cox
Full nameBrian Phillip Cox
Date of birth(1928-09-24)24 September 1928
Place of birthSydney, Australia
Date of death13 June 2015(2015-06-13) (aged 86)
Place of deathSydney, Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1952–57 Australia 9 (3)

Brian Phillip Cox (24 September 1928 — 13 June 2015) was an Australian rugby union international. His two sons, Mitchell and Phillip Cox were also capped for Australia in rugby union.

A Shore School product, Cox was a scrum-half noted for his swift passes and made his New South Wales representative debut at the age of 19. He played his first-grade rugby for Manly.

Cox gained nine Wallabies caps from 1952 to 1957. After coming into the team for Cyril Burke, who had been a Wallabies regular since the end of the war, Cox played four consecutive internationals, including a win over the All Blacks in Christchurch. A fractured ankle then cost him a place on the 1953 tour of South Africa and thereafter the selectors alternated between him and Burke as preferred scrum-half. He made his last Test appearance in 1957 and was considered unfortunate to miss selection for the 1957–58 tour of Britain, Ireland and France.

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References

  1. Growden, Greg (19 June 2015). "Mitchell, Alo-Emile firming for Wallabies". ESPN.com.
  2. "Former Wallabies halfback Brian Cox dies". The Fiji Times. 16 June 2015.
  3. "Brian Phillip Cox". classicwallabies.com.au.

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