Brian Bede Aloysius Oxenham (8 December 1916 – 10 April 1995) was an Australian international rugby union player.
| Full name | Brian Bede Aloysius Oxenham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 December 1916 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 April 1995 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Sydney, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st (182 lb; 83 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Saint Ignatius' College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born and raised in Sydney, Oxenham was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, and in addition to rugby excelled in athletics as a schoolboy, winning a GPS 880 yards championship. He began playing rugby for Sydney University during the late 1930s, having gone there to study medicine.[1]
Oxenham made the Wallabies squad for the 1939–40 tour of Britain and Ireland, as one of four flankers selected. He represented the Wallabies in a match in Bombay on the way over, but would however never get an opportunity to gain a cap, with the tour getting called off soon after they arrived in England, due to the war.[1]
Retiring from rugby in 1941, Oxenham became a radiology specialist.[2][3]
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edit- ^ a b "Brian Bede Aloysius Oxenham". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "B. Oxenham To Retire". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 September 1941. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "'Lucky 29' journey into despair - part two". www.theroar.com.au. 26 May 2013.