Don Gulliver was an Australian

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footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played for Western Suburbs and

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in the NSWRL competition.

Background

Gulliver played rugby league for Western Division and Dubbo before signing with Western Suburbs in 1937.

Playing career

Gulliver made his first grade debut for Western Suburbs in Round 1 1937 against North Sydney at

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. Gulliver's time at Western Suburbs was not very successful as the club finished second last on the table between 1937 and 1939 and finished last in 1940. Gulliver then signed with Eastern Suburbs after being released by Wests. In 1941, Eastern Suburbs reached their 6th grand final in 8 years with the opponents this time being St George. Gulliver played at second-row in the match which was played at the

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. St George led 12–6 at halftime and were never troubled by Eastern Suburbs winning their first premiership by a score of 31–14 in front of 39,957 people. The following year in 1942, Easts reached the preliminary final against St George but were defeated by a score of 18–5 with Gulliver playing at lock in the match. Gulliver played with Eastern Suburbs up until the end of 1944 before retiring. At representative level, Gulliver played for New South Wales on 2 occasions in 1939.

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