Scott Fulton (born 7 March 1973) is an Australian former rugby league footballer and the son of the
rugby league Immortal Bob Fulton
Robert Fulton (1 December 1947 – 23 May 2021), also nicknamed "Bozo", was an Australian international rugby league footballer, coach and later commentator. Fulton played, coached, selected for and has commentated on the game with great succe ...
.
Fulton made his first-grade debut seven days after his 20th birthday, starting at hooker for the
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rug ...
in the opening round of the
1993 NSWRL season
The 1993 NSWRL season (known as the 1993 Winfield Cup Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-sixth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. The New South Wales Rugby League's sixteen teams competed for the J. J. ...
,
becoming the
388th Manly player to represent the club.
After seven seasons and only 49 games in the
NSWRL
The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and wa ...
, he played his final game in Round 7 of the 1999 season, against
Balmain. This was also the last game his father coached the team. When his Bob Fulton quit his post, Scott was not selected for the firsts or reserves team, and he never played another game with Manly.
He later played for the
Coonamble Bears in the
Castlereagh Cup
The Castlereagh League (also known as the Castlereagh Cup) is a rugby league competition in western New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. For all intents and purposes the competition is effectively the ...
.
His brother
Brett Fulton
Brett Fulton is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and the son of the The Immortals (rugby league), rugby league Immortal Bob Fulton. Fulton made his first-grade debut for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, coming off the b ...
also played first-grade for Manly, similarly spending the entirety of his brief career under the coaching of their father. Scott's son
Zac Fulton
Zac Fulton (born 14 August 2001) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the Bradford Bulls in the RFL Championship. Zac is of Aboriginal descent.
Background
Fulton made history by being the first third generation ...
plays for Manly.
References
1973 births
Living people
Rugby league players from Sydney
Australian people of English descent
Australian rugby league players
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players
Rugby league hookers
Place of birth missing (living people)
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