He played his rugby for Gordon, linking up with his former schoolmate Trevor Allan.
[2] Wilson, a loosehead prop, played in both Test matches on the 1949 tour of New Zealand, which the Wallabies won 2–0 to claim an away Bledisloe Cup series for the first time.
[2] Accepting an offer from an English scout, Wilson left Australia in 1950 to play rugby league for Workington Town as a second-rower.
He was a member of Workington Town's 1951–52 Challenge Cup final win over Featherstone Rovers.
[3] Wilson, who returned home in the mid-1950s, was later the principal of Marrickville Public School.