Arthur Conlin (1883–1947) was a pioneer Australian

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footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. A

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and Australian representative

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-kicking back, he played club football for the South Sydney and Western Suburbs clubs. In rugby league's first season in Australia, the

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, Conlin captained Souths in the inaugural

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, scoring a try to help his side to premiership victory. He was the top point-scorer for the

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with 43 points, and that year he represented New South Wales as well. Also in 1909, Conlin's South Sydney side again won the premiership, this time in controversial circumstances as Balmain were ruled to have forfeited it. During the 1909 representative season he made two appearances at centre for Australia in the 1st and the 3rd Test against the Kiwis in Sydney. He scored a try in that 3rd Test. For over 100 years Conlin's Kangaroo appearances were incorrectly attributed to Albert Conlon a five-eighth with the Glebe Club who toured with the 1908 Kangaroos. Conlon was a playing contemporary of Conlin's but he made no representative appearances in 1909 or thereafter following a family tragedy. South Sydney reached the final for the 3rd year in a row in the

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and Arthur Conlin played in what would be a try-less draw, the premiership going to opponents Newtown by virtue of their superior ladder position. By the end of 1910, the NSWRFL's 3rd season Conlin held the record for the most points scored in an NSWRFL career with 101. After the

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, Conlin moved to Western Suburbs where he played one more season.Arthur Conlin
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conlin, Arthur 1883 births Australian rugby league players South Sydney Rabbitohs players Western Suburbs Magpies players New South Wales rugby league team players South Sydney Rabbitohs captains 1947 deaths Rugby league players from Sydney Australia national rugby league team players