Ross Warner (rugby league)
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ross Warner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 November 1943 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 August 2020 (aged 76) Manly, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ross Warner (10 November 1943 – 1 August 2020)[2] was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s.
Playing career
[edit]Originally from Tamworth, New South Wales, Warner was given a contract by North Sydney in 1963.
He replaced club stalwart Norm Strong to become Norths hooker for the next twelve seasons. Warner represented New South Wales on three occasions and captained North Sydney towards the end of his career. Warner retired at the end of the 1974 NSWRFL season.[3]
Accolades
[edit]In 2007, Warner was named in the North Sydney team of the century at hooker.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ross Warner - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ "Ross WARNER". Legacy.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995. (ISBN 1875169571)
- ^ "Happy 110th Birthday North Sydney". North Sydney Bears. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
 | This rugby league football biography relating to an Australian born in the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 1943 births
- 2020 deaths
- Australian rugby league players
- City New South Wales rugby league team players
- New South Wales rugby league team players
- North Sydney Bears players
- Rugby league hookers
- Rugby league players from Tamworth, New South Wales
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rugby league biography, 1940s birth stubs