1957 Stoke Mandeville Games Australian Team list
The members of the 1957 Australian team to the Stoke Mandeville Games – the first ever Australian disability sports team – were:
Athletes:
- Jim Atkins (WA)
- Colin Campbell (WA)
- Roger ‘Redman’ Cockerill (WA)
- Bill Mather-Brown (WA)
- Bill ‘Slim’ O’Connell (WA)
- Frank Ponta (WA)
- Allan Quirk (WA)
- John Rein (South Australia)
- Bruce Thwaite (NSW)
Officials:
- John ‘Johnno’ Johnston –Â Physiotherapist (WA)
- Edna Smith –Â Nurse (WA)
List of the members of the 1957 Australian team to the Stoke Mandeville Games, with links to the members’ Wikipedia articles.
Date: July 1957
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