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 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.