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| Date of birth | (1965-08-28) 28 August 1965 (age 59) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dan Crowley (born 28 August 1965) is an Australian former rugby union player who played as a prop. He won 38 caps for the Australia national team and played over 100 times for the Queensland Reds during his rugby career. He is one of only 43 players who have won the Rugby World Cup on multiple occasions.
Crowley made his first appearance for the Wallabies at age 23 on 1 July 1989 in a match against the British Lions, which Australia won 30 points to 12. He also played in the two subsequent tests, which the Lions won. His next appearance for the Wallabies was at the 1991 Rugby World Cup which Australia went on to win. He earned two international caps in 1999 in tests against Ireland and Wales. He also played against Canada in Calgary the following year.
In 1995 he was capped twice for Australia for two games against Argentina, before heading to South Africa for the 1995 Rugby World Cup. He played in the losses to the Springboks and England. In 1997 he was capped on seven occasions for Australia, and then ten times during 1998. He was subsequently selected in Australia's 1999 Rugby World Cup squad for Wales. Crowley finished his international career as a double world champion, as his last game was the final against France, which Australia won 35 to 12. He was also named on the bench of the Wallaby Team of the Decade.
Crowley also worked as an undercover police officer with the Queensland Police Force, specialising in busting drug-rings on Queensland's Gold Coast. He writes of his experiences in his book Undercover Prop, and works as a motivational speaker. On some occasions, he was even working undercover during rugby tours in New Zealand.
References
- Profile Archived 10 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine, rugbynews.co.nz; Retrieved 12 September 2014.
External links
- Former Wallaby Dan Crowley, abc.net.au; Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- Dan Crowley profile, sporting-heroes.net; Retrieved 12 September 2014.
| Australia squad – 1991 Rugby World Cup (1st title) | |
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| Coach: Dwyer | |
| Australia squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup | |
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| Coach: Dwyer | |
| Australia squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup (2nd title) | |
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| Coach: Macqueen | |
- 1965 births
- Australian police officers
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Queensland Reds players
- Leeds Tykes players
- Living people
- Rugby union props
- Rugby union players from Brisbane
- 1991 Rugby World Cup players
- 1995 Rugby World Cup players
- 1999 Rugby World Cup players
- Souths Rugby players
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in England