About Des Carrick
Lived 1919 – 1999 (aged 79–80). Des Carrick was a rugby union player.
Desmond Joseph Carrick (2 September 1919 – 30 May 1999) was an Australian international rugby union player.
Carrick was born in Sydney and educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, where he captained the first XV.
A Gordon player, Carrick had a quick rise to representative rugby, making his New South Wales debut at the age of 19, then earning a place on the Wallabies squad for the 1939–40 tour of Britain and Ireland, with the young centre preferred over veteran Cyril Towers. The tour was cancelled due to World War II, soon after the team arrived in England, but he did get the opportunity to represent Australia against the Gymkhana XV during a stopover in Bombay on the trip home.
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Who was Des Carrick?
Australian rugby union player
When was Des Carrick born?
Des Carrick was born in 1919.
When did Des Carrick die?
Des Carrick died in 1999.
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Des Carrick was a rugby union player.
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