David Brockhoff

Dave Brockhoff

Full name	John David Brockhoff
Date of birth	(1928-07-08)8 July 1928
Place of birth	Sydney
Date of death	17 June 2011(2011-06-17) (aged 82)
School	The Scots College
University	University of Sydney
Occupation(s)	Coach, Administrator, businessman
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1949–51 Australia 8 (6) Teams coached Years Team 1974–76, 79 1970–71, 73–74, 78 1967–73 Australia New South Wales Sydney Uni

Position(s)	Flanker
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1949–51	Australia	8	(6)
Teams coached
Years	Team
1974–76, 79 1970–71, 73–74, 78 1967–73	Australia New South Wales Sydney Uni

John David "Brock" Brockhoff (8 July 1928 – 17 June 2011) was an Australian rugby union identity, a state and national representative who played eight Tests as flanker between 1949 and 1951. He was later coach of the national team from 1974 to 1976, and in 1979. He maintained an active involvement in rugby union in Australia for his entire life.

Born at Rose Bay in Sydney, Brockoff was educated at The Scots College where he played in the first XV for his three senior years. He attended St. Andrew's College at the University of Sydney. His family were successful in the flour milling business in Sydney and he was very successful in the biscuit industry.

He attended Sydney University, where gained blues in rugby union through four consecutive years from 1948 to 1951, playing 95 games for the Sydney Uni Football Club before he joined Eastern Suburbs in 1953. His career was played at flanker.

He played eight Tests for the Wallabies between 1949 and 1951, touring with the side in Britain and South Africa. In the 1949 tour to New Zealand he played in 10 of the 12 matches, including both Tests which were won by Australia. The latter tour was his last with the Wallabies and he did not feature in the test side on that tour. He made a total of twenty-five appearances for the Australian national side. After concluding his Test career, he continued to play for Eastern Suburbs until 1961.

Brockhoff began coaching at Eastern Suburbs in 1963 and guided them to a fourth grade premiership win in his first season as a coach. He became the first grade coach of Sydney Uni Football Club in 1967, a position he held for eight seasons, winning three premierships. Brockhoff coached New South Wales in three stints from 1970–71, 1973–74 and 1978.

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