Danny Kay


Robert Cecil Kay was an Australian rugby union international.
Born in Sydney, Kay was a Victoria-based centre, capped twice for the Australia [national rugby union team|Wallabies]. He made his debut in a win over the All Blacks at Lancaster Park, Christchurch in the 2nd Test of the 1958 Australia [rugby union tour of New Zealand|1958 tour of New Zealand]. An ankle injury cost him his place for the 3rd Test and his second cap came the following year in Sydney against the British Lions.
Kay, a carpenter and joiner by trade, was a solder in the Australian Army with the Royal Australian Engineers. He was involved in operations in Sabah during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation in 1966 and 1967, then served in Vietnam as a staff sergeant in the 17th Construction Squadron between March 1969 and March 1970.