Tom Gorman (rugby league)
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| Full name | Tom Gorman | |
| Date of birth | 6 June 1900 | |
| Place of birth | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia | |
| Date of death | 1978 | |
| Weight | 74 kg (11 st 9 lb) | |
| Nickname(s) | Gentleman Tom | |
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| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1920–1925 1926–1930 |
Toowoomba Brothers Brisbane Brothers |
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| Representative teams | ||
| 1921–1930 1921–1928 1924, 1928–30 |
Queensland (v NSW) Queensland (v Others) Australia |
26 (16) 9 (6) 10 (0) |
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Tom Gorman (1900 - 1978) was an Australian rugby league player. He was a Centre three-quarter for the Australian national team. He played in 10 Tests between 1924 and 1930 as captain on 7 occasions.
Born in Charters Towers, Gorman was the first Queenslander to lead a Kangaroo touring side to Britain.
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[edit] Club career
He played with the Toowoomba Clydesdales from 1919 until 1925. In 1924-25, alongside Herb Steinohrt he was in the Toowoomba sides which beat all comers including Sydney premiers Souths, Brisbane, Ipswich and visiting representative sides including New South Wales, Victoria, Great Britain and New Zealand.
He moved to the Brothers club in Brisbane in 1926 becoming that club's first professional player. He played six seasons with Brothers till the end of the 1931 season.
[edit] Queensland representative career
Gorman first debuted for Queensland in 1921. He played in the champion Queensland teams that defeated New South Wales in five consecutive interstate series (1922-1926).
He captained Queensland to a series win over New South Wales in 1928, then through to his last playing season in 1930.
[edit] Australian representative career
Gorman made his Test debut against England in the 1924 Ashes series as one of seven Queenslanders to appear in the 1st Test. From 1924 to 1930 he appeared in ten consecutive Ashes tests.
His first appearance as captain in the 1st Test loss to Great Britain in Brisbane in 1928 marked the first occasion that the Kangaroos wore jerseys of green and gold. Previously they had worn the merged blue and maroon colours of NSW and Queensland.
[edit] Post playing
In retirement Gorman went into the hotel business in Brisbane. He served the Queensland Rugby League as an administrator.
In February 2008, Gorman was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia. [1]
[edit] References
[edit] Sources
- Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney
- Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
- Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson (1995). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players (with Queensland Section). Smithfield, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd, page 512. ISBN 9781877082931.
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