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| Born | Robert Ian Templeton 27 July 1932 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 December 1999 (aged 67) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Rugby coach Businessman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bob Templeton, MBE (17 July 1932 – 5 December 1999)[1] was an Australian rugby union football coach and administrator. In a coaching career spanning five decades from the late 1950s to the early 1990s, he was in charge of the Queensland side for 23 seasons and appointed as head coach of Australia three times.
Early life and career
editTempleton was raised at "Huntly", his father's sheep and cattle property near Clermont in Central Queensland. He attended Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie) in Brisbane as a boarding student in the late 1940s where he became captain of the rowing team and played in the first XV rugby team for two years.[2]
In 1950 after completing school, Templeton joined the Australian Estates Company which operated as a wool broker and stock and station agent. He was initially an auctioneer before being promoted into managerial roles.[2] Templeton married Josephine (Jo) Seymour in the 1950s. Bob and Jo had three children: Ian, Jane, and Andrew.[2][3][4]
Templeton later moved into the insurance business with National Mutual before starting his own company, Bob Templeton and Associates.[2] He played first grade rugby for the GPS club in Brisbane in the 1950s.[5][6] Templeton was primarily a prop and played for a Brisbane representative side,[7] before knee and neck injuries curtailed his career and led him into rugby coaching and administration.[2][7]
Career
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- Uni 88 [12]
-newly created role of Director of Coaching, Bob Templeton -Uni won its first premiership in nine years, defeating Minor Premiers Souths18-10 in the Grand Final. Under the Club’s Director of Coaching, Bob Templeton, A Grade’s Coaches were Jake Howard and Geoff Davies.
-co-head coach?? -Greg Martin was named in a World XV, coached by Bob Templeton, to play in South Africa as part of its Centenary celebrations.
References
edit- ^ "Australia's ex-coach Templeton dies at 67". The Independent. UK. 7 December 1999. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ a b c d e QRU 1999, pp. 3–5.
- ^ "Jo Templeton". GPS Rugby. 25 April 2010. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Templeton, Josephine Seymour". The Courier Mail. 13 April 2010. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Lost 2 tries in torrid R. Union". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. 30 June 1952. p. 7.
- ^ "Wright is GPS star". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. 10 May 1954. p. 7.
- ^ a b Fairall, Barrie (17 September 1992). "Rugby Union: Quins counting on Templeton: The thinking man's prop turned coach of Australia talks to Barrie Fairall". The Independent. UK. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ UQ, p. 184.
- ^ UQ, p. 208.
- ^ UQ, p. 213.
- ^ UQ, p. 216.
- ^ UQ, p. 295.
- ^ UQ, p. 302.
- ^ Harris, Bret (6 December 2014). "Australian rugby owes a lot to Welshman Ray Williams". The Australian. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015.
- ^ "Templeton's plan underway". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 October 1980. p. 50.
Sources
edit- Meares, Peter; O’Hare, John; Meaney, James (2012). Creagh, Vincent J. (ed.). A History of the University of Queensland Rugby Football Club: The First Hundred Years (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2021.
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- McGregor, Malcolm (1985). Paul McLean. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 0-7022-1885-5.
- "Annual Report 1999" (PDF). Queensland Rugby. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF 1.9 MB) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.