First: | RU |
Peter Swanson | |
Fullname: | Peter Steven Swanson |
Birth Place: | East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Birth Date: | 26 December 1946 |
Death Place: | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England |
Height: | 1.83abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Weight: | 86abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Ru Position: | Centre |
Ru Yearastart: | 1968 |
Ru Yearaend: | 72 |
Ru Appearancesa: | 30 |
Ru Teamb: | South Africa |
Ru Yearbstart: | 1971 |
School: | St. Henry's Marist Brothers' College, Durban--> |
Year1start: | 1973 |
Year1end: | 74 |
Club1: | Penrith |
Appearances1: | 21 |
Tries1: | 6 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 18 |
Peter Steven Swanson (26 December 1946 – 26 October 2003) was a rugby union and rugby league footballer who represented in rugby union.[1] [2]
Swanson played provincial rugby in South Africa for and in 1971 he was selected for the Springboks to tour Australia. He did not play in any test matches for the Springboks and played in four tour matches scoring one try and one conversion.[3]
In 1972 Swanson signed a contract to play rugby league with Penrith in Sydney, Australia.[4] He played for Penrith for two seasons, 1973 and 1974.