Michael Anthony "Mick" Ellem was a rugby union fullback who represented Australia. Ellem played for Western Suburbs in the Sydney Rugby Union 1st Division competition. He earned his first representative honour playing for New South Wales against Wellington in July 1975. He retained his spot for the match against arch-rivals Queensland the following week. Ellem missed selection for the Sydney team that played Fiji in 1976, and was selected on the reserves bench for New South Wales, but got his chance due to an early injury to first choice fullback Jim Hindmarsh. Ellem impressed in New South Wales' 37-6 victory. Ellem was selected in the Australian squad for the test series against Fiji in 1976, but did not earn a cap until the third and final test of the series, coming on as a reserve. In doing so, he became the second Wests player since World War II to represent Australia. Shortly after taking the field, the Fijian team walked off the field, after their captain was sent off. After the resumption, Australia went on to win the game 27-19. [More at Wikipedia]

July 10th, 1952 in (Age 72)