Ian James Moir (1932–1990) was an Australian professional

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footballer, a champion wing three-quarter who played in the 1950s and 1960s for South Sydney and Western Suburbs. He made eight Test appearances for the Australian national representative side and represented in four

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matches in two World Cups and in 14 Kangaroo tour matches.

Rugby league career

Moir was a prodigious try scorer and played in South Sydney's three Premiership victories between 1953 and 1955. In 1953 he scored three tries in the 31–12 grand final against St George, capping off a season where he was Souths leading try scorer with a tally of 23. This total stands in 3rd place in the club's all-time list of most tries in a season. He debuted for Australia in the inaugural

in France in 1954. He is listed on the ''Australian Players Register'' as Kangaroo No. 313. Moir also played Tests against all the rugby league playing nations and toured Great Britain with the 1956

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where he played in two Tests and 14 tour matches and topped the tour try scoring list with 13 tries. He also featured in Australia's victorious 1957 World Cup campaign played at home. Said to have been the fastest winger in the Sydney competition, he is one of six Rabbitohs players to score five tries in a match, doing so in Round 7 of 1957 against

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. His 105 career tries for the

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in 110 games stands in fourth place behind Alex Johnston's 147 in the all-time club record list. In 2004 he was named by Souths in their ''South Sydney Dream Team'',South Sydney Dream Team
from the official South Sydney website. consisting of 17 players and a coach representing the club from

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through to 2004.

Sources

* Andrews, Malcolm (2006) ''The ABC of Rugby League'', Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney * NRL Official 2007 Season Guide, News Magazines Surry Hills Sydney, for the National Rugby League

References

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