List of Old Falconians - Sport

Sport

• Mark Francis Bethwaite, Australian Olympic Yachting Team 1972, 1976 and 1980; World Champion Soling and J24 Class 1982; Australian Yachtsman of Year 1982, Managing-Director Renison Goldfields Consolidated Ltd, the first investor in "magic bullet" cancer treating nano technology developed in Australia by EnGeneIC;
• Kanga Birtles, international yachtsman and boatbuilder, in 1990–91 became fastest Australian to solo circumnavigate the world, holder of record for fastest non-stop circumnavigation of Australia;
• Allan Border, Australian Test Cricket Captain; holder of the world record for the number of consecutive Test appearances of 153 and the number of Tests as captain, Australian of the Year in 1989, the Allan Border Medal, awarded to the leading Australian player each year, is named in his honour;
• John Cheadle (First XI 1945), in 1957 was both Australian and New Zealand Squash Champion and Captain of Australian Squash Team to tour New Zealand;
• Ian Craig, the youngest Australian to play Test cricket (17 years 239 days) and the youngest Australian Test cricket captain (22 years);
• Greg Florimo, Rugby League (North Sydney Bears, NSW and Australia);
• Jock Gibson, 1952 Olympian in Fencing (Helsinki);
• Spencer Grace, 1948 Olympian in Rowing;
• Bjarne Halvorsen, member of Australian-Norwegian family of boatbuilders noted for their classic wooden cruisers, Rugby Union administrator, as Manager of 1961 Wallaby tour of South Africa he created the all Gold Wallabies jersey which has become one of the most recognisable and iconic sporting jerseys in Australia and arguably the world – now adopted by most national sporting teams (previously the colour was green as retained by Rugby League Kangaroos), he was instrumental in changing the rugby law which allowed a fullback to kick out on the full without territorial loss;
• Peter Hanlin, 1956 Olympian in shot put at Melbourne, winner of seven national titles in shot put (equal record);
• Dr John Harrison, 1968 Olympian in water polo;
• Dr David Hawkins, 220 yards breaststroke gold medallist at 1950 Empire Games, 1952 Olympian at Helsinki, Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School;
• Ben Hinshelwood, Scottish Rugby international, as a Full Back won 19 Caps from 2002 to 2005, previously a centre with Sydney University Premiership XV 2001;
• Graeme Hole, cricketer for New South Wales, South Australia (Captain) and Australia. Also played baseball for South Australia.
• Dennis Hughes, the winger from Northern Suburbs Rugby Union Club Sydney who represented Australia at 75th Jubilee Celebration of South African Rugby in 1964, member of World XV;
• Sir Lincoln Hynes, Chairman of Royal North Shore Hospital (where the Chapel is named in his honour), who once bowled Donald Bradman for a duck in the Sheffield Shield;
• Gregory Johns, in 1976 he was a reserve Crew Member for the Australian Olympic Sailing Team, in 1980 he was selected to represent in the 470 class, in 1984 he was the Australian Olympic Sailboard Coach, in 1988 he was once again Reserve Crew Member and Coach and in 1992 and 1996 he was coach to the Australian team;
• Dr Keith Kirkland (Captain of School 1916, 1917 & 1918), 1928 Olympian in Swimming, Vice-President of International Society of Urology, a ward of (former) Sydney Hospital was named in his honour;
• ‘Ginty’ Lush, Sheffield Shield fast bowler for New South Wales whose career of 20 first class matches spanned 1933 to 1947, unlucky to miss selection for 1938 Australian tour of England;
• Alan Murray (golfer), Winner of 1961 Australian PGA Championship, 1962 French Open Golf Championship, Australian Wills Masters Champion 1967;
• Kevin Bluey Myers OAM, during a career of over 50 years with the Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club, he won more than 24 national and NSW state medals, including four Australian gold medals and seven state championship golds, Club President for many years;

• Peter, John and Richard Notley, three brothers with their yacht ‘Ajax’ that represented Australia in the Interdominion 12 ft Skiff Regattas at Sydney 1956/57 and Auckland 1958/59;
• Jack Pettiford, Sheffield Shield cricketer for New South Wales who played over 200 first class matches in his career making 7077 runs, played for Australian Services in the 1945 ‘Victory Tests’ against England and India and scored two centuries in the latter;
• Peter Philpott (Captain of School First XI 1950, including Ian Craig), Australian Test Cricketer, later coached widely including Sri Lanka, in the Sydney Grade Cricket Competition the Manly-Warringah and Mosman Clubs compete each year for the Peter Philpott Cup;
• Justice John Purdy of the Family Court, Australian Chess Champion 1955, 1963; whilst at NSBH, he became Australian Junior Chess Champion;
• Ron Sharpe, at fourteen-years-old became the youngest swimmer in Australian history (at that time) to represent the country when he was selected for the Empire Games in New Zealand in 1950 following an unofficial trial organised by his coach Forbes Carlile;
• Tony Steele, Australian international cricketer, selected to tour NZ with Australia 'B' in 1970;
• Norman Tasker, 40-year veteran of sports journalism, Editor of Rugby League Week, Inside Edge and Inside Rugby, author of McGilvray: the Voice of Cricket, co-author of State of Origin – 25 Years of Sport’s Greatest Rivalry;
• John Treloar AM, the first Australian to run in Final of Olympic Games 100 Metres Sprint (Helsinki 1952), the gymnasium at North Sydney Boys High School has been named in his honour;
• Gary Hosie, 7 times Australian Subbuteo Table Soccer Champion (87–93) and runner up in the 2002 Australian Championship of Petanque (Boules)
• Alex Watson, Disqualified Olympian in the Modern pentathlon, 1988 Olympics;
• Wallabies Ron Meadows, Frank O'Brien, brothers Frank and Eric Hutchinson (both killed in WW2), Jim Cross, Rob Heming, Rod Phelps, Andy Stewart and Roger Cornforth (Captain of School 1935, Japanese POW, also 1948 Olympian in Water Polo);
• Rugby League Internationals Herman Peters, Frank Stanton (later Coach of Kangaroos 'The Invincibles' on their historic unbeaten tour of England and France in 1982) and Don McKinnon;
• Daniel Trist, Basketball Player for Australia's U19 international basketball team