Gerald Scully
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| Full name | Gerald Patrick Scully | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 November 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 August 1999 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gerald Scully (1920-1999) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. Scully played in the NSWRFL premiership for North Sydney and Newtown as a lock.
Playing career
Scully began his first grade career in 1939 aged 18 with Norths and played in the 1943 NSWRL grand final defeat against Newtown in front of a crowd of 60,922 which was a record attendance for a grand final at the time.
In 1947, Scully played one season with Newtown and his final game in first grade was the semi-final defeat against Canterbury.[2]
Gerald Scully was an Australian serviceman during World War Two, serving as a Gunner in the 54 Australian Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment.[3]
References
- ↑ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Gerald Scully - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ↑ North Sydney Bears (7 February 2018). "Happy 110th Birthday North Sydney". North Sydney Bears. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ↑ DVA Nominal Roll https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=339589&c=WW2
Categories:
- 1920 births
- 1999 deaths
- Australian rugby league players
- North Sydney Bears players
- Newtown Jets players
- Rugby league locks
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Australian Army personnel of World War II
- Australian Army soldiers
- City New South Wales rugby league team players
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rugby league biography, 1920s birth stubs