Aiden Joseph Cairns (1917-1992) was a professional
rugby league
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footballer in the Australian competition, the
New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership
The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia and contributor to today's National Rugby League. Run by the New South Wales Rugby League (initially named the New Sout ...
.
Playing career
A
three-quarter, Cairns, played in 17 matches for the
Eastern Suburbs in 1938 and 23 for the
North Sydney
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History
The Indigenous people on the s ...
club in 1941,1942 and 1944. In the
1938 season, Cairns was a
try scorer in the Eastern Suburbs side that was defeated by Canterbury in that year's premiership final.
Death
He died on 15 January 1992 in
Brisbane, Queensland
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and was cremated at Mt. Thompson Memorial Gardens.
References
Sources
* The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League; Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson
Australian rugby league players
Sydney Roosters players
Rugby league wingers
Rugby league centres
1992 deaths
1917 births
Place of birth missing
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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