That year he played in the Queensland victory over New South Wales that attracted 35,261 spectators, smashing Brisbane's previous record for an interstate match of 22,817.
[3] He was then picked on the 1959-60 Kangaroo tour and made his Test debut in that Ashes series against Great Britain.
Rasmussen captain-coached Brisbane Souths in 1969 and again earned Queensland representative honours in that year.
Rasmussen died suddenly in 1978 from a heart attack at Greenmount near Toowoomba, Queensland aged 42.
In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, Rasmussen was named at lock forward in the Toowoomba and South West Team of the Century.