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You know, I was a regular on the Friday afternoon drill squad. Um, which... The year after I left school, I went back and thanked the sergeant major because I was so fit.

John Newcombe

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John Newcombe
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 23
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Sydney
NSW
John David Newcombe
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