What is Wally O'Connell?
'''Wally O'Connell''' [[Order of Australia|OAM]] (6 April 1923&nbsp;– 28 June 2017) was an [[Australia]]n [[rugby league]] footballer and coach of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He was a five-eighth for the [[Australia national rugby league team|Australian national team]]. He played in ten Tests between 1948 and 1951 as captain on one occasion. Wally's younger brother [[Barry O'Connell|Barry]] also played first grade football for Easts and Manly. He was born in [[Paddington, New South Wales|Paddington]], [[New South Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia's Oldest Living Test Captain|url=https://www.menofleague.com/news/featured-news/107-australia-s-oldest-living-test-captain|work=menofleague.com|publisher=Men of League|access-date=8 September 2013|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305231309/https://www.menofleague.com/news/featured-news/107-australia-s-oldest-living-test-captain|url-status=dead}}</ref> O'Connell died on 28 June 2017 at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite news|title=Passing of Wally O'Connell|url=http://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2017/06/28/passing_of_wally_o_c.af_news.html|website=SeaEagles.com.au|date=28 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:O'Connell, Wally}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Australian rugby league players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from New South Wales]] {{sports-bio-stub}}