John Freedman

John Edward Freedman OAM is an Australian former rugby union international and sailor.
Freedman was born in Newcastle, [New South Wales|Newcastle] and educated at Canterbury [Boys' High School].
A Drummoyne first-grade player, Freedman was a tighthead prop and gained four Australia national [rugby union team|Wallabies] caps. He played three Tests on the 1962 Australia [rugby union tour of New Zealand|1962 tour of New Zealand] and the first Test of the 1963 Australia rugby union tour of [South Africa|1963 tour of South Africa]. During the South Africa tour, Freedman captained the Wallabies in the tour match against Rhodesia in Salisbury.
Freedman sailed in two America's Cup challenges as a crew member of Dame Pattie and Gretel II .
A former New [South Wales Rugby Union] president, Freedman was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the 1987 [Australia Day Honours] for services to rugby union and further honoured in 2000 with the Australian Sports Medal.