About the Club

John Mulford - Club Patron

Captain of Drummoyne's 1st grade 1936 Premiership winning
Captain of Drummoyne's 1st grade 1936 Premiership winning
team, Vince O Gorman with John, on Veteran's Day 2002

About John Mulford

  • Drummoyne Junior up to 1947
  • Drummoyne U21 Captain (1947-1948 State Championship Winners)
  • Drummoyne 1949-1951 Seniors (Finished career in England)
  • Referee for 12 years (Highlight - Touch judge Aust v England 1963)
  • President Drummoyne District Rugby Football Club - 1982-1986
  • President Sydney Rugby Union - 1989
  • Senior Vice President NSWRU / Chairman NSW Rugby - 1990
  • Established the Australian Rugby Archives - 1994
  • Australian Sports Medal - 2000 (Contribution to the game of Rugby Union & the youth of Australia) Awarded by the Governor General
  • Joe French Award (ARU) for outstanding service to Australian Rugby - 2001 (Following Bob Templeton / David Campese)
  • Patron DDRFC - 2001 to presnt
  • Author of "Men in Scarlet" - The History of the Balmain, Glebe and Drummoyne Rugby Clubs - Editions #1 and #2
  • Author of "Guardians of the Game" - The History of the New South Wales Rugby Union, 1874-2004