The Mortimer brothers are a
rugby league football family.
First generation
Hailing from
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia:
Chris Mortimer
Chris Mortimer (born 19 August 1959 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales)
is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s for the Canterbury-Bankstown, Penrith, New South Wales and for the Aus ...
,
Peter Mortimer and
Steve Mortimer. The brothers are best known for their relationship with the
Canterbury-Bankstown Rugby League Football Club in the
New South Wales Rugby League competition from the mid-1970s to the current day as players and administrators.
The three brothers played together in four grand finals for Canterbury and all represented New South Wales; Chris and Steve going on to represent
Australia
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. All three Mortimer brothers are life members of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Football Club. Chris and Steve are inductees into the Riverina Sporting Hall of Fame.
, all three brothers scored in a historic performance for the Mortimers.
A younger brother,
Glen Mortimer played 27 first grade games for
Cronulla between 1983-87 after starting out in the Bulldogs lower grades.
Second generation
Peter had five sons who all play rugby league.
Daniel
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...
plays for the Gold Coast Titans and Robbie was contracted to the Balmain tigers and the Parramatta Eels in 2010/2011 before moving to Brisbane to play Queensland Cup for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Intrust Super Cup. Daniel won an NRL Grand Final in 2013 and also a World Club Challenge in 2014.
References
External links
Steve Mortimer at RLP
Australian rugby league players
People from Wagga Wagga
Living people
Mortimer family (Australia)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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