Bob McMaster

Bob McMaster
Personal information
Full name Robert Esmond McMaster
Nickname Wallaby Bob
Born (1921-01-15)15 January 1921
Rockhampton, Australia
Died 1 August 2003(2003-08-01) (aged 82)
Brisbane, Australia
Playing information
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 16 st 0 lb (101.6 kg; 224.0 lb)
Rugby union
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1946–47 Brothers Old Boys
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1946–47 Australia 7 0 1 0 2
Rugby league
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–52 Leeds
1952–≥1952 Past Brothers
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1949 British Empire 1
1949–52 Other Nationalities 6
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Robert Esmond "Wallaby Bob" McMaster (born 15 January 1921 in Rockhampton — died 1 August 2003(2003-08-01) (aged 82) in Brisbane) was an Australian wrestler, rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s, and wrestling referee of the 1960s and '70s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Australia, and at club level for Brothers Old Boys, as a Prop, i.e. number 1 or 3, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Other Nationalities, and British Empire, and at club level for Leeds, and Past Brothers, as a Prop, i.e. number 8 or 10. Bob McMaster was a pupil at Kelvin Grove State School, and then at St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace. Bob McMaster suffered a heart attack and died while attending a presentation ceremony by the Australian Rugby Union at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.

International honours

Bob McMaster won caps for Australia (RU) while at Brothers Old Boys in 1946 against New Zealand, New Zealand Māori, and New Zealand, in 1947 against New Zealand (Twice), and on the 1947–48 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America in 1947 against Ireland, and Wales,[1] represented British Empire (RL) while at Leeds in 1949 against France, and won caps for Other Nationalities (RL) while at Leeds in 1949 against England, Wales, in 1950 against France (twice), in 1951 against France, and in 1952 against England.

Wrestling

Bob McMaster made his début as a professional wrestler in London during 1949, he was trained in Australia by former wrestler Samuel Burmister, he toured South Africa in mid-1956, and later became a referee for World Championship Wrestling (Australia).[2]

Outside of sport

Bob McMaster retired from participative sport in the late 1950s to become the owner of the Wallaby Hotel at Mudgeeraba, Gold Coast hinterland, he sold the hotel in 1979 and retired to Tallai, Queensland to concentrate on trotting, the horses were sold off in the early 1990s.

Genealogical information

Bob McMaster was married to Joyce May Hamilton (1948–61), and Dawn Butler (1966- ). His sons are Jim McMaster, and comedian and impressionist Danny McMaster, his grandson (Danny's son) is association football (soccer) player Griffin McMaster.

References

  1. ↑ "Statistics at espnscrum.com". espnscrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.australianwrestling.org/index.php/profiles/27-managers-a-officials/189-wallaby-bob-mcmaster

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