Graeme Donald Macdougall (born 25 January 1940) is a former Australian

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player who represented for the

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twice.Australian Rugby – The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 300: Macdougall, Graeme Donald (1940 – )

Early life and rugby career

Macdougall was born in Sydney and attended

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(1953–1958).Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 130 He played 63 first grade games with

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. He played in his first Test match against Fiji in

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. He toured South Africa in 1961–62 and played in the first Test at

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. He was at that time the youngest ever forward chosen to make a Wallaby tour. His brother

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was also an Australian rugby union representative player.

Rugby league career

In 1964, MacDougall turned to

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and played for the

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. A knee injury cut short his career and restricted him to just two appearances for Balmain in 1964.

References

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