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Dennis Tutty
Dennis Tutty is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition who also represented for Australia. He was also a champion rower for New South Wales and won a national title in 1965. In the 1970s, Tutty won a landmark court case which removed trade restraints on rugby league players. Tutty primarily played at . Tutty is the brother of Olympian sculler Ian Tutty and cousin of Australian rugby league international Reg Gasnier. Early life The youngest son and second youngest child of a motor mechanic, Tutty was raised in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney. His secondary education was at Ibrox Park Boys High School and he left school after obtaining his Intermediate Certificate at the end of Year 9. At school he played a number of sports including Rugby League representing the school and the school's sports zone at various levels including a curtain raiser to an international match in 1962. After leaving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balmain Tigers
The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995–96) are a rugby league club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership, with eleven titles. In 1999 they formed a joint venture club with the Western Suburbs Magpies club to form the Wests Tigers for competition in the National Rugby League (NRL). They no longer field any senior teams in the lower divisions. At the time of the joint venture only South Sydney Rabbitohs and the St George Dragons had won more titles than the Tigers. The club's home grounds are at present Leichhardt Oval, in Lilyfield, and T.G Milner Sportsground, in Marsfield. History Foundation club In 1908 Australia's first season of rugby league began in Sydney and the Balmain club was one of nine foundation clubs. One of the club's founders was future Premier of New South Wales, John Storey. Their home ground ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Branighan
Ray Branighan (born 5 December 1947) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, a star and of the 1970s for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, as well as the New South Wales state and Australian national representative sides. Background Ray Branighan was born in Sydney, Australia. Souths club career Branighan played 57 games with South Sydney between 1968 and 1971. He played in the 1970 and 1971 victorious Rabbitohs Grand Finals scoring tries in both. In 2004 he was named by Souths in their ''South Sydney Dream Team'', from the official South Sydney website. consisting of 17 players and a coach representing the club from [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Male Rowers
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia National Rugby League Team Players
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical rainforests in the north-east, and mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately 65,000 years ago, during the last ice age.religious_traditions_in_the_world._Australia's_history_of_Australia.html" "title="The_Dreaming.html" "title="Aboriginal_Art.html" "title="he Story of Australia's People, Volume 1: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia, Penguin Books Australia Ltd., Vic., 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1945 Births
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Russians. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army. * January 13 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Pruss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Willey
Ronald William Willey (1929−2004) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He was a representative for the Australian national side. Post-playing, Willey had a long and successful first grade and State representative coaching career. Playing career Born in Canterbury, New South Wales in 1929, Willey was graded by the Canterbury-Bankstown Berries in 1948 as a , but was soon shifted to , and was the Berries regular first-grade fullback and goal-kicker from 1949 to 1953. In 1951, he was appointed captain for four games at the age of 21. Willey held the record as the youngest Canterbury captain until Braith Anasta in 2002. He became the first Canterbury local international when he was selected on the 1952–53 Kangaroo tour, and was the Berries’ standout player in a dark era for the club. Willey missed most of 1953 and the entire 1954 season through a serious knee injury, but returned to the game as captain-coach of Rockhampton and represented Queensland that seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney)
''The Sunday Telegraph'' is an Australian tabloid newspaper, the separately published Sunday edition of ''The Daily Telegraph''. It is available throughout Sydney, across most of regional and remote New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. , ''The Sunday Telegraph'' is Australia's biggest selling newspaper. History The Sunday Telegraph was founded in 1939 by Frank Packer, as the weekend version of the Daily Telegraph, which he had acquired in 1936. On its first front page it reported on Nazi Germany's oppression of the Czechs, after the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938. The first editor was Cyril Pearl who worked with the editor of the Daily Telegraph Brian Penton to fight against government censorship during the war. Publication ''The Sunday Telegraph'' is produced in the Holt Street offices of Nationwide News, an Australian subsidiary of Rupert Murdochs News Corp (2013–present), News Corp. It is printed at the Chullora and G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wetherill Park, New South Wales
Wetherill Park is a suburb in Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Wetherill Park is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. The recorded that Wetherill Park as having a resident population of 6,127. Just under half (47.5%) of these residents were born in Australia. The area is 11.2 km2. Most residents live in the south-east corner, the larger portion of the suburb being an industrial area. Wetherill Park sits on the southern border of Prospect Reservoir. Located partially in the suburb, the ''Smithfield-Wetherill Park Industrial Estate'' is the largest industrial estate in the southern hemisphere and is the centre of manufacturing and distribution in Greater Western Sydney. History Aboriginal culture Aboriginal people from the Cabrogal clan of the Gandangara tribe, have lived in the area for more than 30,000 years. White settlement Wetherill Park was name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Newton
Clint Newton (born June 18, 1981) is an American former international rugby league footballer who played as a and . He played for the Newcastle Knights, Melbourne Storm and Penrith Panthers in the NRL, Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League, New South Wales Country and the United States at representative level as well as also having a stint in rugby union for Avoca Beach Rugby Club on the Central Coast, NSW. Newton represented the United States in their 2013 Rugby League World Cup campaign. Early years Clint Newton is the son of Jackie and professional golfer Jack Newton and the brother of professional golfer Kristie Newton. He was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Newtons moved back to Jack's native Newcastle, New South Wales where Clint began playing rugby league with the Valentine-Eleebana junior rugby league club. During his junior years Clint was coached by former Newcastle Knights captain Sam Stewart. Newcastle Knights Newton made his first grade début ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason King (rugby League)
Jason King (born 21 March 1981) is a sports administrator who currently works for the NRL. King is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. A New South Wales State of Origin representative front row forward, King played his club football in Sydney for the Northern Eagles and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, with whom he won the 2008 NRL Premiership. He also represented City Origin. Biography King was born in the Sydney suburb of Frenchs Forest. He became a Manly-Warringah junior rugby league footballer. Jason attended St Augustine's College in Alfred Road, Brookvale graduating in the Class of 1998 being the winner of the prestigious Aggregate Cup awarded annually by the college to the student who excels in Study, Conduct and Sport. Jason is now a husband, father of 3, and uncle to many kids, including Ava Gray and her very cute dog, Henry. Playing career 2000s King made his National Rugby League debut from the bench for the North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League Players Association
The Rugby League Players Association is a representative organisation based in Australia. The RLPA, as it is more commonly referred to, is the representative body of elite rugby league players, protecting and promoting the welfare and interests of its members. Formerly the Rugby League Professionals Association, the company changed its name in 2009. Leadership Former Newcastle Knights captain Tony Butterfield was appointed RLPA CEO in 2000. Former Western Reds and Penrith Panthers player Matthew Rodwell served as CEO for a brief period up until 2009. In 2009, David Garnsey took the reins as Chief Executive Officer through until 2015. In December 2015, former Carlton Football Club player and AFL Players Association, AFLPA general manager of Player Relations Ian Prendergast was appointed chief executive officer of the RLPA. In 2017, Australia national rugby league team, Australian, Queensland rugby league team, Queensland and Melbourne Storm captain Cameron Smith (rugby league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
