Neill Latimer

Neill Latimer

Full name	Neill Buchanan Latimer
Date of birth	(1930-09-05)5 September 1930
Place of birth	Brisbane, Australia
Date of death	2 February 2012(2012-02-02) (aged 81)
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1957 Australia 1 (0)

Neill Buchanan Latimer (5 September 1930 — 2 February 2012) was an Australian rugby union international.

Educated at Knox Grammar School, Latimer was a towering lock and played his rugby for Sydney club Gordon.[1]

Latimer's early career in first-grade rugby was limited due to his work at a remote cattle station in Queensland, missing the entire 1955 and 1956 seasons for Gordon.[2] As such it was a surprise when he received a call up by the Wallabies in 1957 for a home series against the All Blacks, with his only previous representative experience being for the City seconds.[3] He was capped in the 2nd Test in Brisbane as a replacement for injured captain Alan Cameron.[4]

See also

• List of Australia national rugby union players

References

1. "Gordon Experiments With 'Giant' Forward". The Daily Telegraph. 16 May 1953. p. 27 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "2500 Miles To Play Rugby Union". The Sun. 24 March 1954. p. 49 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "All In The Game". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 June 1957.
4. "Neill Buchanan Latimer". classicwallabies.com.au.

External links

• Neill Latimer at ESPNscrum