Michael Cleary (rugby)
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| Full name | Michael Arthur Cleary | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 April 1940 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Randwick, New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| School | Waverley College 1947–58 | ||||||||||||
| Spouse | Jan Maria Pradzynski |
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| Children | 3 daughters, 2 sons | ||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Politician | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Winger | ||||||||||||
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| Position | wing | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1962–70 1971 |
South Sydney Rabbitohs Eastern Suburbs |
140 13 |
(266) (15) |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1962–69 | NSW | 11 | (39) |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1962–69 | Australia | 8 | (15) |
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| 1959–60 |
Randwick DRUFC New Souh Wales |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1961 | Wallabies | 6 | (12) |
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Representing  Australia
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1962 Perth | 100 yards |
Michael Arthur Cleary AO (born 30 April 1940) is an Australian former rugby league and rugby union player and politician. He represented Australia in both rugby codes as well as in athletics making him one of only four Australians who have represented their country at full international level in three different sports.
He represented as a Wallaby in 6 Tests in 1961 and as a Kangaroo in 8 Tests from 1962.
Cleary was born in Randwick, New South Wales and was educated at Christian Brothers Waverley. At aged 17 having set a number of schoolboy sprint records he was offered a sporting scholarship to Stanford University which he declined with his sights set on representing Australia in athletics.
In 1959 he joined the Randwick DRUFC and he played in the club's 1960 winning first-grade premiership side. He was selected in the Australian national side for all three Tests of the 1961 series against Fiji and made further Wallaby appearances against France and against the Springboks on the 1961 tour of South Africa.
After leaving rugby union and during his first year of rugby league with the South Sydney Rabbitohs he maintained his amateur status to enable his selection for the Commonwealth Games later that year. He represented Australia in Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, collecting the Bronze Medal for the 100 yard sprint. The Gregory's source records him as having clocked 9.3 secs for the 100 yards during his athletic career.
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