Mark Shulman (2 April 1951 – 12 February 2022) 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.

Career

A Ramsgate United junior, he debuted for

St. George Dragons The St. George Dragons is an Australian rugby league football club from St George District in Sydney, New South Wales that played in the top level New South Wales competition and Australian Rugby League competitions from the 1921 until th ...

in 1971, but for much of his career he was the understudy of club legend Billy Smith. Mark Shulman played for the

in the

New South Wales Rugby League The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was ...

in 1970-78. In 1978, he was the team's captain. Shulman won a premiership with the

, playing halfback in the 1977 Grand Final. Described as a "shade over five feet tall and weighing around ten stone", Shulman was the smallest player in first grade when he debuted in 1971. He came into the side replacing Billy Smith, who had been sidelined with a broken arm. A back and kidney injury put an end to his career at the end of the 1978 season. On 13 February 2022, it was announced that Shulman had died over the weekend. His passing was acknowledged by current and former St George players at the following weekend’s NRL fixture. He was depicted in various forms throughout his career in Rugby League literature and most recently in artist Greg Simpkins’ piece entitled ‘Bantam�

References

External links

Rleague.com bio
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