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Greg Bandiera
Greg Bandiera is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s. He played for Eastern Suburbs, Newtown and Balmain in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. Playing career Bandiera was originally from Atherton, Queensland but moved to Sydney and was signed by Newtown in 1970. Bandiera spent two seasons with Newtown before joining Eastern Suburbs in 1972. In 1972, Eastern Suburbs reached the grand final against Manly-Warringah. After only 20 minutes into the match, Bandiera broke his collar bone and was taken from the field. Easts went on to lose the grand final 19-14 with Manly winning their first ever premiership. In 1974, Eastern Suburbs finished as minor premiers under the arrival of coach Jack Gibson. Easts went on to reach the 1974 NSWRL grand final against Canterbury-Bankstown. Bandiera was selected to play from the bench in the grand final as Eastern Suburbs won their first premiership in 29 years defeated Canterbury 19-4 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atherton, Queensland
Atherton is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Atherton had a population of 7,724 people. Geography Atherton is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. Atherton is joined by the Gillies Highway to Yungaburra, the Kennedy Highway north to Mareeba, Queensland, Mareeba and south to Ravenshoe and Mount Garnet, the Malanda–Atherton Road to Malanda, Queensland, Malanda and the Atherton–Herberton Road to Herberton. History ''Yidiny language, Yidinji'' (also known as ''Yidinj'', ''Yidiny'', and ''Idindji'') is an Australian Aboriginal languages, Australian Aboriginal language. Its traditional language region is within the local government areas of Cairns Region and Tablelands Region, in such localities as Cairns, Gordonvale, Queensland, Gordonvale, and the Mulgrave River, and the southern part of the Atherton Tableland including Atherton and Kairi, Queensland, Kairi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast Seagulls
The Gold Coast Chargers were a professional rugby league club which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from New South Wales Rugby League season 1988, 1988 to New South Wales Rugby League season 1994, 1994, the Australian Rugby League premiership from Australian Rugby League season 1995, 1995 to Australian Rugby League season 1997, 1997, and the National Rugby League premiership in National Rugby League season 1998, 1998. They first played under the name Gold Coast-Tweed Giants (in silver, black and white colours) from 1988 to 1989, then Gold Coast Seagulls (wearing white, black and red) from 1990 to 1995, very briefly as the Gold Coast Gladiators and finally Gold Coast Chargers (in jade, black, purple and gold uniforms) from 1996 to 1998. The Gold Coast-Tweed Giants were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League premiership for the New South Wales Rugby League season 1988, 1988 season, along with the Brisbane Broncos and Newcastle Knights. Due to a clau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League Players From Queensland
Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Touch rugby *** Tambo rugby ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Both codes *** Tag rugby * Rugby fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court *Underwater rugby, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football *Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football Arts and entertainment * '' Rugby'' (video game), the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series * ''Rugby'', second movement of ''Mouvements symphoniques'' by Arthur Honegger Brands and enterprises * Rugby (automobile), made by Durant Motors * Rugby Cement, a former UK PLC, now a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League Second-rows
Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Touch rugby *** Tambo rugby ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Both codes *** Tag rugby * Rugby fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court * Underwater rugby, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football *Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football Arts and entertainment * '' Rugby'' (video game), the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series * ''Rugby'', second movement of ''Mouvements symphoniques'' by Arthur Honegger Brands and enterprises * Rugby (automobile), made by Durant Motors * Rugby Cement, a former UK PLC, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rugby League Players
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Balmain Tigers Players
Balmain may refer to: Places * Balmain, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia * Electoral district of Balmain, an electoral division in New South Wales, Australia * Balmain East, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia * Balmain House and country estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland People with the surname * Allan Balmain, Distinguished Professor of Cancer Genetics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) * Louis Balmain (1858–1904), New Zealand cricketer * Pierre Balmain Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain (; 18 May 1914 – 29 June 1982) was a French fashion designer and founder of leading post-war fashion house Balmain (fashion house), Balmain. Known for sophistication and elegance, he described the art of dre ... (1914–1982), French fashion designer * William Balmain (1762–1803), Scottish-born surgeon at the first European settlement in Sydney Other * Balmain bug, a crustacean, slipper lobster * Balmain (fashion house), founded by Pierr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newtown Jets Players
Newtown may refer to: Places Australia *Newtown, New South Wales * Newtown, Queensland (Ipswich) *Newtown, Queensland (Toowoomba) * Newtown, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong * Newtown, Victoria (Golden Plains Shire), a locality near Ballarat Canada * Newtown, Newfoundland and Labrador India * New Town, Kolkata Ireland County Tipperary * Newtown, Ballymurreen, County Tipperary, a townland in North Tipperary * Newtown, County Tipperary, a settlement in the barony of Owney and Arra * Newtown, Ormond Lower County Tipperary, a townland in the barony of Ormond Lower * Newtown (Guest), County Tipperary, a townland in the barony of Ormond Lower * Newtown (Hodgins), County Tipperary, a townland in the barony of Ormond Lower * Newtown, Iffa and Offa East, a townland in County Tipperary * Newtown, Ikerrin, two townlands in County Tipperary * Newtown, Kilnamanagh Lower, a townland in County Tipperary * Newtown, Kilnamanagh Upper, two townlands in County Tipperary * Newtown, Ormond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Roosters Players
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 Births
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last One-party state, single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first Volkswagen Beetle, VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York City, New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon Sr., Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Lewis
Walter James Lewis AM (born 1 December 1959) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1980s and 1990s. He became a commentator for television coverage of the sport. A highly decorated Australian national captain, Lewis is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever players of rugby league. His time as a player and coach was followed by a career as a sports presenter for the Nine Network. Nicknamed The King and also The Emperor of Lang Park, Lewis represented Queensland in thirty-one State of Origin games from 1980 to 1991, and was captain for thirty of them. He also represented Australia in thirty-three international matches from 1981 to 1991 and was national team captain from 1984 to 1989. Lewis is perhaps best known for his State of Origin performances, spearheading Queensland's dominance in that competition throughout the 1980s and winning a record 8 man of the match awards. Lewis has sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Langlands
Graeme Frank Langlands, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE, (2 September 1941 – 20 January 2018), also known by the nickname of "Changa", was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played from the 1950s till the 1970s and Coach (sport), coached in the 1970s. He retired as the most-capped player for the Australia national rugby league team, Australia national team with 45 international appearances from 1963 to 1975, and captained his country in 15 Test matches and Rugby League World Cup, World Cup games. Langlands was the and goal-kicker for the St. George Dragons in the latter half of their 11-year consecutive premiership-winning run from 1956 to 1966. Background Langlands was born on 2 September 1941 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia to Frank Horace Langlands and Hazel Miriam Ferguson. He had an unhappy childhood brought up by his alcoholic father. Playing career Langlands represented Combined NSW High Schools from 1955 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
