Phillip Carmichael

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Phillip Carmichael
Player information
Full name Phillip Peter Carmichael
birthday January 25, 1884
place of birth Brisbane suburb of Sandgate , Australia
date of death September 1973
society
society Career ended
position Inner three quarters
National team
Years National team Games (points)
1904-09 Australia 4 (6)

Phillip Peter "Phil" Carmichael (born January 25, 1884 in the Brisbane suburb of Sandgate , Queensland , † September 1973 ) was an Australian rugby union player who became Olympic champion in 1908 with the rugby union selection of his homeland , the Wallabies . Carmichael was a very successful goal kicker and at home on the three-quarter line , mostly as a goalkeeper , but also as an outside three-quarters .

biography

Carmichael began rugby at his school, St Joseph's Gregory Terrace, in Brisbane, from a total of 28 games, he led the team five times as captain. After graduating, he played club rugby for South Brisbane, North Brisbane and Christian Brothers' Football Club in succession . He moved to Brothers' FC in 1906 when they first played in the major rugby union league of Queensland; in the second year he took her as captain to her first Queensland State Championship.

In 1903 he played his first game from a total of 28 to 1909 for the state selection of Queensland , against the English national team , which was touring Australia, and was called up because of his performance in the Australian team for the international match against England in Brisbane in 1904. After another test in 1907 against the All Blacks , he was appointed to the squad of the first Australian touring team to Europe and North America in 1908 . On the tour he played in both tests - against England and Wales . Carmichael was also used in the only game of the rugby tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics and thus became Olympic champion.

Phil Carmichael already played in his school days and later in the clubs together with his younger brothers Joe and Vincent in the back team ; both were also part of the Queensland selection : Joe from 1906 to 1910 (18 games) and Vincent from 1910 to 1913.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The exact date of death is not certain; ESPNscrum only mentions September, Sports Reference September 10th and Carmichael’s biography on his school’s website, St Joseph’s College, cites the exact date of death as unknown; only the day of his burial - September 11th - is known.
  2. ↑ a b c d Biographies - PP (Phil) Carmichael . Brave and Game , archived from the original on September 20, 2011 ; accessed on May 5, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
  3. ^ History . Brothers 'Old Boys' rugby club , archived from the original on December 10, 2007 ; accessed on September 4, 2014 (English, original website no longer available).
  4. ^ A b Terrace Queensland Rugby Union Representatives . Brave and Game , archived from the original on September 22, 2013 ; accessed on May 5, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
  5. ^ Entry on Phil Carmichael. In: scrum database. ESPN , accessed October 3, 2009 .
personal data
SURNAME Carmichael, Phillip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carmichael, Phillip Peter (full name); Carmichael, Phil (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION australian rugby union players
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Brisbane suburb of Sandgate , Queensland
DATE OF DEATH September 1973