Daga McGovern

Des V. McGovern (1928 - 2013) ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙungiyar rugby ta Australiya wanda ya buga wasa a shekarun 1940 da 1950. Ɗan wasan gefe ne na jihar Queensland da kuma wakilin ƙasa na ƙasar Ostiraliya, ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙungiyarsa a Toowoomba, inda daga baya ya zama koci mai nasara kuma sanannen mai sharhi kan wasannin rediyo. 

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Des McGovern a Toowoomba, Queensland a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu, 1928. Ya kasance ɗalibi a Kwalejin Nudgee ta Brisbane. 

 Sana'ar wasa 
McGovern ya fara buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙungiyar rugby league a Ipswich kafin ya koma Toowoomba a shekarar 1947. An fara zaɓensa don wakiltar Queensland a shekarar 1949.[1] A shekarun 1950, McGovern ya kasance memba na ƙungiyoyin gasar cin kofin Toowoomba Bulimba, wanda Duncan Thompson ya horar. A lokacin rangadin gasar rugby ta Faransa a Australia da New Zealand a shekarar 1951, an zaɓi McGovern don ya buga wasa a gefen fili ga Queensland a wasan da suka yi da Frenchmen, wanda ya ƙare da canjaras 22. A shekarar 1952, ya fara samun zaɓi ga ƙungiyar ƙwallon rugby ta ƙasa ta Australiya, inda ya zama Kangaroo mai lamba 296.[2] An zaɓi McGovern a matsayin ɗan wasan gefe don rangadin Kangaroo na 1952-53. A rangadin Kangaroo na 1956-57, an zaɓe shi don ya buga dukkan wasannin gwaji uku da Burtaniya . [3] McGovern ya yi ritaya bayan ya zira kwallaye mafi yawa a tarihin gasar Bulimba Cup da 27.

 Bayan wasa 
Bayan ya buga wasa, McGovern ya zama koci mai nasara a yankunan karkara na Queensland da Toowoomba, inda ya horar da Clydesdales. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin marubucin gasar rugby ga Downs Star da The Chronicle . McGovern ya ci gaba da zama ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun masu watsa shirye-shiryen rediyo a yankin Darling Downs a lokacin haɗin gwiwa na shekaru 36 tare da mai watsa shirye-shirye Pat O'Shea . Ma'auratan sun fara dogon haɗin gwiwa suna kiran wasannin rugby na Toowoomba a tashar rediyo 4AK kafin su koma 4GR, 4WK kuma a ƙarshe 102.7FM.  Daga 1985 zuwa 1987, McGovern shine shugaban ƙungiyar All Whites ta Toowoomba.  Ɗansa, Des McGovern, Jr. shi ma ya buga gasar rugby ta ƙungiyar. A shekarar 2008, ƙungiyar rugby a shekara ta 1000 ta Ostiraliya, an naɗa McGovern a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar Toowoomba da South West Team of the Century.  McGovern ya yi ritaya daga yin sharhi a lokacin hutun kakar wasa ta 2010, yana da shekaru 82. McGovern ya mutu a ranar 8 ga Fabrairu, 2013 a Asibitin St Andrew, Toowoomba, kwana biyar kafin cikarsa shekaru 85. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2013
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1928