Cyril Towers
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Cyril Towers (30 July 1906 — 1985) was an Australian rugby player.
Towers was a bank teller. Playing for Randwick 233 times, New South Wales 48 times, The Waratahs 25 times and gaining 19 caps for Australia, twice captaining them.
He pioneered running rugby tactics. His grandson Pat Howard, also played centre for Australia.
External links
- photograph (http://image.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/ebindshow.pl?doc=pxe653/a465;seq=4)
- higher quality version (http://image.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/ebindshow.pl?doc=pxe653/a465;seq=4;hiresimg=http://image.sl.nsw.gov.au/Ebind/pxe653/a465/a465001h.jpg)
- Stats (http://www.planet-rugby.com/stats/players/players_listing.phtml/p_r/ENG?setCode=archive&search_text=Cyril+Towers&tournament_code=international&country=&scdate=1871&ecdate=2004&position=&sbdate=1871&ebdate=2004&go=Submit)
