Bruce Walker (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Goldie | |||||
| Born | 8 June 1952 Australia | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row, Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Easts Tigers | ||||||
| 1971–77 | North Sydney Bears | 141 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| 1978–83 | Manly-Warringah | 85 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Total | 226 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 144 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1975 | New South Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | Queensland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Rugby League Project and Yesterday's Hero | ||||||
Bruce Walker is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.[1] An Australian Kangaroos and Queensland State of Origin representative second-row or lock forward, he played club football in Brisbane with Eastern Suburbs before moving to Sydney to play with the North Sydney Bears for seven seasons between 1971-1977 and later Manly-Warringah for six seasons between 1978-1983 with whom he won the 1978 Grand Final. He was then selected to go on the 1978 Kangaroo tour, playing in 8 matches.
Following his retirement as a player he became chairman of the South Australian Rugby League.
References
- ↑ Alan Whitacker: Enyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 2005
External links
- 'Bruce Walker' at fogs.com.au
- 'Bruce Walker' at yesterdayshero.com.au
- 'Queensland representative listing' at qrl.com.au
- 'Bears History: Legends' at northsydneybears.com.au
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