Posts tagged Marcellin College Randwick
Tony Seddon

Marcellin College Randwick.

Professional surfer who won many Australian Champions, including Open Surf Champion in 1993 and 1994.

Represented Australia in there Pan Pacs World Championships.

Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.

Peter Macken

Marcellin College Randwick 1954-1956.

Gained selection for the Australian Olympic team in Pentathlon event in the 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games.

Second Australian to compete at five Olympics.

Additionally competed in fencing at the 1968 Olympics.

Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.

Don Furness

Marcellin College Randwick 1930s.

Selected to play for the Wallabies against the New Zealand Maori side in 1946.

Most notable contribution to rugby was as a referee.

Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.

Ron Coote

Marcellin College Randwick 1961.

Played professional rugby league for South Sydney and Eastern Suburbs.

Represented Australia in thirteen test matches and first World Cup series, scoring seven tries throughout his international career.

Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.

Malcolm Allen

Marcellin College Randwick.

Represented Australia as a Freestyle swimmer.

Won Bronze Medal in the 400m Freestyle at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships.

Competed for Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Placed 13th in 400m Freestyle and 4th in 200m Freestyle Relay.

Awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000 for swimming achievements.

Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.

Mervyn Cross OAM

Marcellin College Randwick 1951-1958.

Played first Grade Rugby League for South Sydney 1960-61, Eastern Suburbs in 1962 and North Sydney in 1963.

Awarded Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 1970.

Established Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Research in 1985, which has trained Australian and Overseas young surgeons.

Appointed National Chairman of the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons in 1989.

Appointed Governor of Museum of Contemporary Art in 1990.

Awarded a Doctorate of Medicine MD from University of NSW in 1991 for Research on the Knee.

Awarded an Order of Australia OAM in 1995 for Knee Surgery and Sports Medicine.

Accepted into the “Hall of Fame” of American Orthopaedic Society Sports Medicine in 1999.

Appointed Director of Orthopaedics for the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000.

Appointed to the Board of the NRL 2000-2005.

Awarded the L.O. Betts Medal from the Australian Orthopaedic Association in 2011.

2021 Godfather Lecturer to the Herodicus Society.

The Hon. Lionel Frost Bowen AC

Marcellin College Randwick 1935-1937.

Elected to Randwick Municipal Council in 1949, serving as Alderman until 1962.

Served twice as Mayor (1951 and 1955).

Elected to NSW State Parliament for the seat of Randwick in 1962.

Elected to Federal Parliament for the Seat of Kingsford-Smith in 1969.

Served as a Minister in the Whitlam Government, as Minister for Trade, Attorney General and Deputy Prime Minister in the Hawke Government.

Appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 1991.