John Barnett (rugby)
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For other people named John Barnett, see John Barnett (disambiguation).
John Thomas "Towser" Barnett (19 January 1880 – 2 October 1918[3]) was a pioneer Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer who won an Olympic gold medal for rugby at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was one of Australia's early dual-code rugby internationals.[4]
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Birth name | John Thomas Barnett[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1880-01-19)19 January 1880[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Carcoar, New South Wales[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 2 October 1918(1918-10-02) (aged 38)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Parramatta, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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