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| Born | December 1951 Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Dixon (born December 1951) is an Australian formerrugby league football coach and player. He played during the 1970s and coached theCrusaders RL club ofSuper League and was also head coach of Wales RL until mid-2009.
John Dixon was born inToowoomba,Queensland. Australia.[citation needed]
Dixon played for Toowoomba (including one game against a touringGreat Britain side in 1974) and also had spells in Dalby and Rockhampton. Working as a teacher, he took to coaching when he retired from playing, becoming coach of theToowoomba Clydesdales and also working for 10 years at theBrisbane Broncos from 1995 in various coaching and development roles underWayne Bennett. After that he moved toWales and took on the coaching job at the Celtic Crusaders, who in 2008 won the opportunity to join theSuper League competition from 2009. Also in 2008, Dixon was selected as coach of theWales until succeeded byIestyn Harris in mid-2009. At the end of 2009'sSuper League XIV Dixon, who had coached every game of the Celtic Crusaders' four-year history stood down.[1] In 2010 he coached theRedcliffe Dolphins of theQueensland Cup.[2]
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