Tony Armstrong (born 8 July 1958) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Western Suburbs Magpies,

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, Cronulla Sharks and the Illawarra Steelers.

Rugby league career

Armstrong played as a

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for his first club Western Suburbs, where he made two first-grade appearances. He was one of the club's best players in their 1981 reserves premiership team, scoring a try and kicking five goals from five attempts in the grand final win over Parramatta, which saw him signed up by Canterbury soon after. Over two seasons at Canterbury, Armstrong made a total of 33 first-grade appearances as a goal-kicking winger, three of which came in the 1983 finals series. Armstrong joined Cronulla in 1984 and finished the home and away season as the competition's leading point-scorer. He amassed 186 points in 23 games, to edge out former Canterbury teammate Steve Gearin for the accolade. In 1986 he was signed by Illawarra and played six first-grade games before suffering a knee injury in round seven.

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Tony Armstrong
at Rugby League project {{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Tony 1958 births Living people Australian rugby league players Western Suburbs Magpies players Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players Illawarra Steelers players Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league wingers Place of birth missing (living people)