Ron Graham | |
Full Name: | Ronald Graham |
Birth Date: | 21 December 1946 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, Australia |
Position: | Prop |
Repyears1: | 1973–76 |
Repcaps1: | 18 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Ronald Graham AM (born 21 December 1946) is an Australian former rugby union player and administrator.[1]
Graham was born and raised in Sydney, attending Kingsgrove North High School.[2]
A product of Bexley Kingsgrove juniors, Graham was a prop and played first-grade for St. George. He broke into the Wallabies team in 1973 after the retirement of Roy Prosser and gained a total of 18 Test caps. His international career included the 1975–76 tour of Britain, where he had the distinction of captaining the Wallabies in a tour match.[2]
Graham served as the chairman of Australian Rugby Union from 2005 to 2007. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours list, for services to rugby union as an administrator.[3]