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Born | 21 July 1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 30 November 2020 | (aged 87)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Relatives | Matt Parcell (grandson) |
Gary Parcell was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. A Queensland interstate and Australia international representative forward, he played his club football in Ipswich for Brothers. [1]
The son of Queensland Maroons forward, Percy Parcell, Gary, like his father, played for the Ipswich Rugby League's Brothers club. [2]
In 1959, Queensland won the interstate series against New South Wales 3-1, but managed only seven players in a Kangaroo touring party of 26. They were Parcell Elton Rasmussen, Jim Paterson, Dud Beattie, Noel Kelly, Barry Muir and Ron Boden, with Boden originally from NSW. [1]
In 1959 Parcell was first selected for the Australian national team, becoming Kangaroo No. 356. [3]
Parcell is the grandfather of current Hull KR player Matt Parcell. [4]