Arthur Fitzgerald Folwell (23 September 1904 – 14 October 1966) was a British-born Australian professional
rugby league
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footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s,
coach
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ed in the 1940s, and was an administrator in the mid-20th century. An
Australia
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national and
New South Wales
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state representative , he played his club football in the
New South Wales Rugby Football League
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for Sydney's
Newtown before becoming their coach and taking them to the
1943 NSWRFL premiership.
Playing career
In 1933 Folwell was selected for the
Australian touring squad for the
1933–34 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain
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. He became Kangaroo No. 179 when played in the 2nd and 3rd
Test matches and he played another 19 matches on the 1933-34 tour.
Coaching career
Folwell coached
Newtown for three seasons during the Second World War (1942–1944). He is remembered as the winning grand final coach in 1943, the year
Newtown won the
1943
Events
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January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 � ...
grand final. In Folwell's final year as coach of Newtown he took them to the
1944 NSWRFL season's grand final which was lost to
Balmain. He assisted
Bumper Farrell and
Len Smith as coach of the Blue Bags during the final year of World War II before retiring.
Later life
He later became a New South Wales and Australian Rugby League selector during the 1950s and early 1960s. Folwell died at his home at
Empire Bay aged 62.
Folwell was the grandfather of the rugby league footballer;
Greg Pierce.
Folwell was named at in the
Newtown Jets
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Team of the Century (1908–2007).
Team of the Century
at newtownjets.com
References
1904 births
1966 deaths
Australia national rugby league team players
Australian rugby league administrators
Australian rugby league coaches
Australian rugby league players
City New South Wales rugby league team players
British emigrants to Australia
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Newtown Jets coaches
Newtown Jets players
Rugby league hookers
Rugby league players from Leicestershire
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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