Phil Young is an Australian former

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footballer who played for

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and the

Newtown Jets The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, New South Wales, Newtown, a suburb of Inner West (Sydney), Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSW Cup competition, having left the top grade after t ...

in the

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competition.

Background

Young was born in

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, Australia.

Playing career

Young played a total of 61 first grade games for Canterbury. He missed out on playing in the 1974 NSWRL grand final against Eastern Suburbs. In 1977, Young switched to the struggling Newtown side and made 16 appearances as they finished with the

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References

1951 births Living people Australian rugby league players Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players Newtown Jets players Rugby league players from Canterbury-Bankstown 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1950s-stub