Sydney Middleton

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Syd Middleton
Personal information
Full name	Sydney Albert Middleton
Date of birth	24 February, 1884
Place of birth	Glebe, New South Wales
Date of death	4th May, 1941
Place of death	London
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Lock forward
Clubs
	Glebe Rugby Union

Provincial/State sides		Caps	(points)
1908-1911	New South Wales	12

National team(s)
1908-1910	Australia	33

Men's Rugby union
Olympic medal record
Gold	1908 London	Team competition

Sydney Albert Middleton DSO, (February 24, 1884 – 1945) was an Australian rugby union player and rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

In 1908 he was a member of the Australia national rugby union team which won the gold medal. He made 33 Test appearances for the Wallabies between 1908 and 1910, captaining the side in three Tests against the All Blacks in 1910.

In the 1912 Stockholm Olympics he participated as rower and was a crew member of the Australian boat, which was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the eights competition.

He enlisted in the AIF in WWI serving at Gallipoli and in France and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for bravery in action.