St Laurence's College

Template:Infobox Aust school St Laurence's College (also known as Laurie's or SLC) is a Catholic all boys secondary school located in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, near Mater Hospital. The college is part of the Archdiocese of Brisbane and is a member of the Associated Independent Colleges of the Greater Brisbane region. Other colleges in this region include Iona College, Marist Brothers Ashgrove and St. Peters.

The school was formed and is currently operating in the Edmund Rice tradition.

Facilities

St Laurence's outdoor recreational facilities are located on 50 hectares on the western bank of Lake Moogerah. A dining hall, modern kitchen, ablution and dormitories can accommodate up to 900 students with facilities including high and low ropes, canoeing, hiking, mountain biking and more.

Notable alumni

Rugby Union

• Brendan Cannon - Western Force, Wallabies 2001-2007
• Mark Connors - Wallabies 1997-2002
• Dan Crowley - Wallabies 1989-1999
• Neil Betts - Wallabies 1949-1951
• Kev Cottrell - Wallabies 1949-1952 (Also captained the side.)
• Laurie Lawrence -Wallabies 1964 (Famed National Swim coach.)¹
• Bill McLean - Wallabies 1947-48⁷
• Jack McLean - Wallabies 1946 Tourist to New Zealand⁷
• Tyron Mandrusiak - Australian 7's Rugby 1998
• Karel Bos - Australian 7's Rugby 2003
• John Mulvihill -Attack Coach for the Western Force
• Peter O'Meara- Founding CEO of the Western Force
• Barry Leask- International Rugby Referee⁵
• Paul Marks- International Rugby Referee
• Paul Gair- Founding Member of the QLD Junior Rugby Referees Association⁹
• Tom Dempsey- Wallabies 2007-present

Rugby League

8 Tom Dempsey - Brisbane Broncos,Queesland State of of Origin player,Kangaroos,Voted best player ever to play rugby league,2007 sexiest man in Australian Rugby League 2007-present

• Bill Tyquin - Kangaroos Vice Captain & Captain (two tests) 1948-1949
• Tom Tyquin - Kangaroos 1956-1957
• Cooper Cronk - Melbourne Storm, Kangaroos 2007 (Also 2006 NRL Dally M "Half Back of the Year" Winner and 2007 Second sexiest man in Australian rugby league)⁴
• William Zillman - Canberra Raiders

Tennis

• Ken Fletcher - Winner of 37 international singles titles. Winner of 10 grand slam mixed doubles titles and 2 grand slam mens doubles titles.³

Other Sportsmen;

• Mark Stockwell - Swimming - Member of the Green Machine²
• John Anderson - 1972/1976 Olympics - Sailing
• Tom Anderson - 1972 Olympics - Sailing
• Brian Harvey - 1996/2000 Paralympics - Javelin - Medal of the Order of Australia
• Joshua Slack - 2000/2004 Olympics - Beach Volleyball
• Damon Kelly - 2006 Commonwealth Games - Weightlifting (Silver Medalist)
• Andrew Mewing - 2006 Commonwealth Games - Swimming
• Elliott Shriane - 2006 Winter Olympics Short Track Speed Skating
• Peter Bateman - Australian Karate Representative
• Noel Dempsey - 1934 Empire Games Representative
• Pat Carroll - Long distance runner - Represented Australia 18 times
• John Rigby - 1964 Australian Surf Lifesaving Representative
• Ashley Mahoney - 1998 World Surf Lifesaving Championships Representative

Media

• Kerry O'Brien - ABC Reporter and 7:30 Report Host
• Jason 'Labrat' Hawkins - B105 host
• Russell Dykstra - Actor
• Anthony Frangi - Talk Show Host ABC Radio, 4BC
• Shaun Lawson - Sports Reporter

Crime

• Scott Rush - Bali Nine member left in Year 10.

Business

• John Symond - CEO and founder of Aussie Home Loans

Rhodes Scholars

• James Mahoney - 1929 - Junior at SLC and Senior at Terrace (SLC had no Senior Matriculation at the time)
• Peter Hempenstall - 1970⁶

Medicine

• Robert John Walsh OBE - Founder and Director of the NSW Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service 1946⁸

Politics

• Mike Horan - Former Queensland National Party Leader

External links

• St Laurence's College
• St Laurence's Old Boys Association

Tom Dempsey was voted the best rugby player in the school. He is only in year 9 and plays in the SLC first 15 squad. He was also voted the "hottest boy in the school".

References

1http://www.abc.net.au/talkingheads/txt/s1646955.htm

2http://www.slcoldboys.com.au/sloba.php/news-events (newsletter May 2005)

3http://www.slcoldboys.com.au/sloba.php/news-events (newsletter March 2005)

4http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/default.asp?sec=2&ssec=2&sfpid=1588

5http://www.slcoldboys.com.au/sloba.php/news-events

6http://www.uq.edu.au/about/index.html?page=19482

7SLC College Annual 1990

8http://www.science.org.au/academy/memoirs/walsh.htm

9http://www.qrrabrisbane.rugbynet.com.au/default.asp?id=67763