Stephen Raymond Hanson (7 August 1961 – 4 November 2015) was an Australian professional
rugby league
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footballer 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 ...
(NSWRL) competition. He played for the
North Sydney Bears
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and
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. Hanson primarily played in the
front row.
Hanson was selected to represent
New South Wales
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as a last minute replacement for
Phil Daley
Phil Daley (born 1 April 1964) is an Australian former premiership-winning and representative rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. His club career was played with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Gold Coast Seagulls ...
in game III of the
1988 State of Origin series. He scored a try in the match which would be his only State of Origin appearance.
On 4 November 2015, he died of complications of heart attack he had suffered two weeks earlier, while holidaying. He was 54.
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