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List Of Sydney Roosters Players
There have been over 1,200 rugby league footballers who have played for the Sydney Roosters in the premiership since its foundation in 1908. They are listed in order of cap A cap is a flat headgear, usually with a visor. Caps have crowns that fit very close to the head. They made their first appearance as early as 3200 BC. Caps typically have a visor, or no brim at all. They are popular in casual and informal se ... number, with the first going to the club's inaugural captain, Harry “Jersey” Flegg. The Sydney Roosters are one of only two extant clubs from the League's foundation year of 1908, and are the only one to have played continuously in all seasons since, making their players' register one of the most extensive. Only first grade stats are counted and non first grade stats do not apply on this list. List of players * ''NRL List updated as of Round 8 2023 v the St George Illawarra Dragons.'' * ''NRLW List updated as of conclusion of 2022 season.'' * Mens players h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112–122 metres (122 to 133 yards) long with H shaped posts at both ends. It is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union. It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire as the result of a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players.Tony Collins, ''Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain'' (2006), p.3 The rules of the game governed by the new Northern Rugby Football Union progressively changed from those of the RFU with the specific aim of producing a faster and more entertaining game to appeal to spectators, on whose income the new organisation and its members depended. Due to its high-velocity contact, cardio-based endurance and minimal use of body protection, rugby league i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Kelley (rugby League)
Harold Percival Sidney Kelley (1880-1948) was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in rugby league's founding season in Australia. Kelley played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years 1908 and 1909. A Kelley played in the NSWRL's first premiership decider. Kelley is remembered as the Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby league, Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won ... 17th player. References * The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League Players, Alan Whiticker and Glen Hudson Australian rugby league players Sydney Roosters players 1880 births 1948 deaths Place of birth missing Rugby league five-eighths {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Lawes
Arthur Lawes was a professional rugby league footballer in the Australian New South Wales Rugby League competition. Lawes played for the Eastern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs may refer to: Places *Eastern Suburbs (Mumbai), India *Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Australia **Eastern Suburbs railway line, Sydney, Australia Sports clubs ;Association football *Eastern Suburbs AFC, Auckland, New Zealand * Eastern ... club, playing 4 matches in the year 1909. References * ''The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League Players''; Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson * ''History Of The New South Wales Rugby League''; Steve Haddan Australian rugby league players Sydney Roosters players Year of birth missing Year of death missing Place of birth missing {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Griffiths
Edward James Griffiths (1891-1980) was an Australian fire fighter, veteran of the Gallipoli campaign and a three-time premiership-winning rugby league player with the Eastern Suburbs club. Career and war service Born in Pyrmont, New South Wales in 1891, Eddie Griffiths joined the fire service as a Brigades Cadet Corp at just sixteen years of age and his exploits since that time are legendary. Current station commander of the ‘D’ Platoon in the NSW Fire Brigade recalls Griffiths as a tough fearless man who always led by example, describing him as ''“Our greatest fire fighter”''......''”A legend in the true sense of the word”''. In 1948 Griffiths was given the highest honour of any fire fighter when he was promoted to Chief Officer of the NSW Fire Brigades. A veteran of the First World War, Griffiths, a member of an Australian artillery unit, served in Egypt and Gallipoli. Rugby league career Eddie Griffiths played 4 seasons with Easts and was a member of the Eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Bruce (rugby League)
Thomas Fraser Bruce (1885–1917) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League competition and an Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) officer who fell in World War I at the Battle of Passchendale. Early life and football career Born in Braidwood, New South Wales to parents Robert and Margaret Bruce, the family relocated to Sydney. His mother later lived in the Sydney suburb of Kensington. A , Bruce played in nineteen matches for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years 1909-1912 alongside Dally Messenger. He was the 28th player for the Eastern Suburbs club. He is listed in the Easts playing squad from 1909 through till 1913, although Leslie Cody kept him out of the half-back spot in East's first premiership winning side in 1911. By 1912 the champion representative half-back Pony Halloway had joined the Tricolours and Bruce saw little first grade football in 1912 and none in 1913. War service Bruce was a thirty-two-year-old married tram c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Briscoe
Ted Briscoe was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership's inaugural season – 1908. Briscoe, who played for the Eastern Suburbs club was a forward in rugby league's first premiership decider. Ted Briscoe is remembered as the Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby league, Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won ... 27th player. He played two season For Easts in 1908–1909. References * Australian rugby league players Sydney Roosters players Year of birth missing Year of death missing Place of birth missing {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill King (Australian Rugby League)
William ‘Bill’ King was an Australian rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's foundation season of 1908. Playing career A , King played for Eastern Suburbs club before joining the North Sydney club in 1912. King was a member of the Eastern Suburbs side that played against South Sydney in rugby league's first premiership decider. King is remembered as the Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby league, Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won ... 26th player. References External links *''The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players'', by Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson *''History of the New South Wales Rugby League Finals'', by Steve Haddan {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Bill Australian rugby league players Sydney Roosters players North Sydney Bears players Rugby league full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Frawley
Michael Frawley (1885–1919) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer who played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. Club career Mick Frawley was born in Woollahra, New South Wales in 1885, and was an Eastern Suburbs rugby union junior. A second-row forward, Mick Frawley was a member of Eastern Suburbs' first premiership decider in rugby league's foundation season of 1908. In 1911, Frawley was a member of Easts first premiership winning side. He played his last game for the club in 1912 and retired after sustaining an injury. He played for the Roosters for five seasons, and played 44 first grade games with the club. He is listed on the ''Sydney Roosters Playing Register'' as player No. 25. Representative career His sole national representative appearance was in the 1909 first Test loss against New Zealand. Frawley was overlooked for the second Test of the series. Frawley is listed on the ''Australian Players Registe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Leslie (rugby League)
William Leslie (Sydney, Australia) was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL)'s foundation season of 1908. Leslie played for the Eastern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs may refer to: Places *Eastern Suburbs (Mumbai), India *Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Australia **Eastern Suburbs railway line, Sydney, Australia Sports clubs ;Association football *Eastern Suburbs AFC, Auckland, New Zealand * Eastern ... club. References * The Eastern Suburbs club website Australian rugby league players Sydney Roosters players Year of death missing Year of birth missing Rugby league players from Sydney {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy White
Percy Rowett White (1888–1918) was an Australian pioneer rugby league player. He played in the New South Wales Rugby League competition at the time of the code's Australian foundation in 1908, and won a premiership with Sydney's Sydney Roosters, Eastern Suburbs club in 1912. He later served in World War I, and was killed by artillery fire in France in 1918. Rugby League career Born in the inner-city Sydney suburb of Paddington, New South Wales, Paddington, White played 89 matches for the Sydney Roosters, Eastern Suburbs club between 1908 and 1916. He played as a Rugby league positions#Prop forward, prop forward in East's 14-12 loss to South Sydney Rabbitohs, South Sydney in rugby league's Eastern Suburbs 1908 Season, first premiership decider in 1908 NSWRFL season, season 1908. He was a squad member of the Easts sides who won premierships in 1911 NSWRFL season, 1911, 1912 NSWRFL season, 1912 and 1913 NSWRFL season, 1913, as well as the City Cup-winning sides of 1914, 1915 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Shakespeare
Joe Shakespeare (1883–1935) was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL)'s foundation season of 1908. Joseph Shakespear played for the Eastern Suburbs club. He was also a boxing promoter, referee, and an Alderman at Cessnock, New South Wales Cessnock is a city in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, about by road west of Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle. It is the administrative centre of the City of Cessnock Local government in Australia, LGA and was named after a .... References * The Eastern Suburbs club website Australian rugby league players Sydney Roosters players 1883 births 1935 deaths Place of birth missing {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Playfair
Alfred Donald Playfair (1871-1943) was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League's inaugural season of 1908. Alfred was a member of the Sydney side Eastern Suburbs - one of only two surviving foundation clubs. During his life he was vice president of the Royal Agricultural Society. He is listed as the Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby league, Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won ... 21st ever player. References * The Eastern Suburbs club website Australian rugby league players Sydney Roosters players 1871 births 1943 deaths Place of birth missing {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
