Donald Albert Milton (1923-1974) was an 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 ...
footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s.
Background
Milton was born in
Bankstown, New South Wales
Bankstown is a suburb south west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is located in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, ha ...
on 22 December 1923.
Playing career
Milton joined
Western Suburbs during his military service in 1944. He played seven seasons with Wests between 1944-1950, which included an appearance playing second-row in the victorious
Western Suburbs team that won the
1948 Grand Final. Milton also played in the
1950 Grand Final and retired after the game.
Death
Milton died at
Cronulla, New South Wales
Cronulla is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales
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on 29 September 1974, aged 51.
[Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice. 30/09/1974]
References
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1923 births
1974 deaths
Western Suburbs Magpies players
Australian rugby league players
Rugby league second-rows
Rugby league players from Sydney