Garry Dowling
| File:GarryDowling.jpg Garry Dowling, 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Garry William Dowling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 November 1952 Camden, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 March 1983 (aged 30) Mount Tamborine, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | .88 kg (13 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Fullback, Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Garry William Dowling (7 November 1952 – 5 March 1983) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]He played eight seasons of club football and 113 first grade games for Canterbury-Bankstown between 1971 and 1978,[2] two seasons at Parramatta between 1979 and 1980, and one season at Western Suburbs in 1981.
A talented fullback, Dowling represented New South Wales in 1975 and 1980 and for the Australian national side in two tests against New Zealand, also in 1980 of which he was named 'Player of the Series'. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.525.[3] He played at fullback in Canterbury-Bankstown's grand final loss to Easts in 1974.[4][5]
Death
[edit | edit source]Garry Dowling died in a car accident near Mount Tamborine on 5 March 1983.[2][6]
References
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- ^ ARL Annual Report 2005, page55
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Profile at Bulldogs League Club Website Archived 14 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- 1952 births
- 1983 deaths
- Australia national rugby league team players
- Australian rugby league players
- Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players
- New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players
- Parramatta Eels players
- Road incident deaths in Queensland
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Rugby league players from Camden, New South Wales
- Western Suburbs Magpies players
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rugby league biography, 1950s birth stubs