Charles Wilson (rugby)
| Full name | Charles Roy Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 May 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 September 2016 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School |
Brisbane Grammar School Marist College Ashgrove |
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| University | University of Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Gynaecologist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Amateur team(s) | |||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1951–57 1958–59 ? – ? 1966–68 |
University of Queensland Army R.C. (Brisbane) Edinburgh Wanderers Wests Brisbane |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1952–59 1963–64 |
Queensland London Counties |
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1958–59 | Australia | 12 | (0) |
Charles 'Chilla' Roy Wilson (4 May 1931 – 2 September 2016) was an Australian national representative rugby union flanker and national captain. He was tour manager on a number of Wallaby international tours of the 1980s including the 1984 Wallaby Grand Slam tour of the British Isles.
Wilson was born at Ashgrove in Queensland. He attended Marist College Ashgrove initially (which was evacuated to Eagle Heights at Mt. Tamborine in the wartime years between 1942 and 1944) and then Brisbane Grammar School where he played schoolboy rugby. Wilson continued playing at the University of Queensland, while he pursued his medical studies. His older brother Dr Fergus Wilson, who later became an orthopaedic surgeon, was also involved with rugby at the university and later coached various teams.
While playing for University, Wilson won the Brisbane Premiership five times. He was first selected to represent Queensland against a touring side in 1952 and then again four years later when a South African side was visiting.
After completing his medical training at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane, he joined the army as a Medical Officer for two years. It was while playing for the army rugby team that he was selected for Australia. Wilson made his international debut in 1957, starting as a flanker for the Wallabies against the All Blacks in Sydney, and although he was the incumbent Queensland state captain he was not selected for the 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France.
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