Bob Davidson (rugby)
| Full name | Robert Alfred Davidson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 Oct 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Newcastle, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Brisbane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Newcastle Tech High | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Fay Engell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Adam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Oil Company CEO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Prop forward | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1945-46 1947-58 |
Eastern Suburbs RUFC Gordon RFC |
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| Provincial / State sides | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1952-58 | NSW | 16 | () |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1952-58 |
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Robert Alfred Lewars Davidson (1926–1992) was an Australian rugby union footballer of the 1940s and 50s. A State and national representative prop-forward he made thirteen Test appearances and forty-nine additional tour match appearances for the Wallabies, captaining the national side in six Tests matches from 1957-58.
Davidson attended Newcastle Technical High School and was school captain as well as rugby XV captain. He attended Sydney Teachers College from 1945–47 and played in the College's rugby team while training to become a science teacher. He joined the Gordon RFC in Sydney in 1947 making first-grade appearances from that year but cementing his place in the top-grade as a front-rower in 1949.
His representative debut came for NSW in 1952 when he selected to meet a touring Fijian side. His strong performance saw him elevated to the national side for the two Test series against those same visitors played in Sydney under captain John Solomon. For the next six years Davidson was a regular in the Australian pack. He made the 1952 tour to New Zealand playing in seven of the ten matches including the two Test matches against the All Blacks, the first of which the Wallabies won. He was selected for the 1953 tour to South Africa playing in fifteen games. He made only one Test appearance there of the four played, with selectors opting for Nick Shehadie and Colin Forbes up front.
In 1957 he was selected for two domestic Test matches against the visiting All Blacks and then later in the year was honoured with the captaincy of the touring squad for the epic eight month 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France.
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