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Hunter Hall of Fame - Rugby union legend notched up 21 test matches for country

03 Mar, 2010 03:00 AM
Peter Horton played for the Waratahs Club in the New-castle Rugby Union Competition from 1970 to 1974, and in 1971 was a member of the Waratah’s undefeated first grade premiership side.

Horton’s play in the hooking pos-ition always feat-ured great desire, commitment, fitness, aggression and flair.

During his time with the Waratahs, Horton represented Newcastle, NSW Country, NSW and Australia – playing in three tests against the All Blacks in 1974, and in so doing, became the Waratahs fifth interna-tional.

In 1975, Horton took up a teaching appoint-ment in Armidale and played for the Armidale City Club from where after representing the New England Region, he again represented NSW Country, NSW and Australia.

He later moved onto Brisbane and played for the Brisbane Teachers Club and represented Queensland and Australia (again) – eventually playing a total of 21 test matches.

After completing a PhD, Peter, having retired from rugby in 1980, started a new career as a lecturer at Townsville University in the School of Education.

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Actually the comment at the end of of the article about my career at the Waratahs was a bit off, I quote "After completing a PhD, Peter, having retired from rugby in 1980, started a new career as a lecturer at Townsville University in the School of Education." Actually I finished my representative playing representative playing career after the 1979 Wallaby tour to Argentina. At that time I was teaching the Brisbane Boys College where I had been since 1977. I also lectured part-time at QUT-Kelvin Grove, BCAE as it was then known. I got my PhD at U of Queensland in 1990 and in 1990 I took up a lectureship at QUT. In 1993 I went to Singapore where worked at the School of Physical Education at Nanyang Technological University, where I also also played Rugby for the Singapore Cricket Club and coached the National side. In 1999 I returned to Australia and in 2000 I took up my current position at James Cook University where I am currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education. So it was a bit more of a complex journey, cheers Peter Horton
Posted by Himself, 11/03/2010 10:29:33 AM, on Newcastle Star
Thank you for your comment.

The Star received this information from the Hall of Fame committee.

So I have forwarded them your comments.


Posted by Kim-Cherie Davidson on 16/03/2010 1:45:39 PM

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Peter Horton (left) after the Bledisole Cup victory in 1979.
Peter Horton (left) after the Bledisole Cup victory in 1979.
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