Dawson William Buckley (1917-1993) was an Australian

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footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s.

Playing career

Buckley was a dual premiership winning player with

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. He played with Balmain for ten seasons from 1938-1947. He played

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in the winning Balmain teams of

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and played

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in the 1944 Grand Final. The war curtailed the back end of his career from 1945-1946, as he was not discharged from the Australian Army until the end of 1946. He couldn't get back into the first grade team in 1947, and retired at the end of the year. Buckley represented N.S.W. City Firsts on one occasions in 1942. Buckley died on 27 June 1993, aged 76 at his

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home.Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 29/6/1993

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buckley, Dawson 1917 births 1993 deaths Balmain Tigers players Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian rugby league players Rugby league props Rugby league locks Place of birth missing City New South Wales rugby league team players Rugby league players from Sydney 20th-century Australian sportsmen