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Merv Cross
Mervyn John Cross Order of Australia, OAM is an Australian former rugby league footballer and orthopedic surgeon. He played in Australia's major competition the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) but Cross, a Physician, doctor, is better known for his achievements in the field of sports medicine as an Orthopaedic surgeon Cross was known as a strong defensive Rugby league positions#Forwards, forward who played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, South Sydney (1960–61), the Sydney Roosters, Eastern Suburbs (1962) and North Sydney Bears, North Sydney in 1963. At the end of the 1990s, Doctor Cross took up a position as an National Rugby League, NRL board member. Cross was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his revolutionary work in knee surgery. He was one of the inaugural Honorary Fellows of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians. Cross also worked as a director on the board of the National Rugby League until retiring in 2005. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian 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 ... club based in Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital, Sydney. They are often called Souths or The Bunnies. The club was formed in New South Wales Rugby League season 1908, 1908, as one of the founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League, making them one of Australia's oldest rugby league teams. The Rabbitohs were formed, under their original 1908 articles of association, with the NSWRL competition, to represent the Sydney municipalities of Redfern, Alexandria, Zetland, Waterloo, Mascot and Botany. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
