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Bill McLaughlin

Reginald Edward Millen "Bill" McLaughlin MBE (1914–1990) was an Australian Rugby Union player and President of the Australian Rugby Union. He represented for the Wallabies twice and was later assistant manager and coach of the national side. He attended Newington College (1929–1930).

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Reginald Edward Millen "Bill" McLaughlin MBE (1914–1990) was an Australian Rugby Union player and President of the Australian Rugby Union. He represented for the Wallabies twice and was later assistant manager and coach of the national side.1 He attended Newington College (1929–1930).2

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1976 New Year Honours for services to sport.3

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  1. Australian Rugby - The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 305: McLaughlin, Reginald Edward Millen "Bill" (1914 - 1990)
  2. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp132
  3. UK list: "No. 46777". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1975. p. 21.