Dennis Manteit
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 18 February 1943 Jandowae, Queensland | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second Row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1970–73 | Canterbury | 49 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 1974–76 | Balmain Tigers | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Total | 92 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1964–69 | Queensland | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1967–69 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Whiticker/Hudson | ||||||
Dennis Manteit (born 18 February 1943 in Jandowae, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s. In 2015, he was inducted into the Downlands College Hall of Fame for his success in international rugby league.
Career
Club
A Hervey Bay junior, Dennis Manteit played in Queensland for Brothers and in New South Wales initially for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs for four seasons between 1970-1973 and then the Balmain Tigers for three seasons between 1974-1976, whom he captained during his final year to win the 1976 Amco Cup. He retired at the end of the 1976 season. [1]
Representative
Dennis Manteit also played representative football for Queensland team on fifteen occasions between 1964-1969 and for the Australian national side on five occasions between 1967-1968. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 414. [2] He played 4 tests on the 1967-68 Kangaroo Tour and one world cup match in 1968. He also toured with the Kangaroo's on the New Zealand tour in 1969. [3]
References
- ↑ http://rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ ARL Annual report 2005, page 54
- ↑ Alan Whiticker: Encyclopedia of Rugby League players. 1996
External links
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