Dooee Tanner

William Tanner

Full name	William Henry Tanner[1]
Date of birth	27 December 1871[1]
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland[1]
Date of death	circa 1938[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	prop,[1] hooker[2]
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1899[1]	Australia	2[1]	(0)[1]

William Henry "Dooee" Tanner (27 December 1871 – c. 1938) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

Tanner, a prop and hooker, was born in Brisbane, Queensland and claimed two international rugby caps for Australia. His Test debut was against Great Britain at Sydney on 24 June 1899, the inaugural rugby Test match played by an Australian national representative side.

Tanner shown middle row far right in the inaugural Australian rugby union team, 1899

Tanner shown front row centre,^[3] after the 1 July Queensland match against the 1899 British Lions.^[4]

Published references

• Collection (1995) Gordon Bray presents The Spirit of Rugby, Harper Collins Publishers Sydney
• Howell, Max (2005) Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains, Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ

Footnotes

1. "Scrum.com player profile of Dooee Tanner". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
2. "Country caps / Australia". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
3. "The BattleStained Queensland Team AS Photographed Immediately After The Match." (Photograph with caption.). The Queenslander. Brisbane, Australia. 8 July 1899. p. 73 S. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
4. "International Football.". The Queenslander. Brisbane, Australia. 8 July 1899. p. 73 S. Retrieved 17 September 2010.