Eric Tweedale

Eric Tweedale (5 May 1921 – 16 October 2023) was an English-born Australian international rugby union player. He played club rugby for Parramatta Two Blues, provincial rugby for New South Wales and internationally for the Australia national rugby union team as a prop. Between 5 May 2021 and his death, he was the oldest living Australian rugby international.

Early life Eric Tweedale was born in Rochdale, England. His family emigrated with him to Australia in 1924 and settled in Merrylands, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. He was educated at Metropolitan Business College. When he was 15, he joined Parramatta Two Blues after a suggestion from Bill Cerutti. He started as a lock but then became a prop. In 1957, he moved back to Sydney to play for Parramatta Two Blues as a player/coach and saved them from relegation from Division 1 of the Shute Shield but retired from playing that year. He would become the patron for Parramatta Two Blues (later renamed Western Sydney Two Blues). In 2000, he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal. For his 100th birthday, Cumberland City Council agreed to rename Western Sydney Two Blues' Granville Park stadium as the "Eric Tweedale Stadium".

Tweedale died on 16 October 2023, with his death announced by Rugby Australia.