Bruce Walker (rugby league)

Bruce Walker (born 8 June 1952) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s.[3]

Bruce Walker
Personal information
Born (1952-06-08) 8 June 1952
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Easts Tigers
1971–77 North Sydney 141 36 0 0 102
1978–83 Manly-Warringah 85 14 0 0 42
Total 226 50 0 0 144
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1975 New South Wales 1 0 0 0 0
1978 Australia 0 0 0 0 0
1982 Queensland 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]

Playing career

An Australian Kangaroos and Queensland Maroons representative second-row or lock forward, he played club football in Brisbane with Eastern Suburbs before moving to Sydney to play with North Sydney for seven seasons between 1971 and 1977, and later Manly-Warringah with whom he won the 1978 Grand Final and played for six seasons between 1978 and 1983. Walker was then selected to go on the 1978 Kangaroo tour, playing in 8 matches.[4]

Post playing

Following his retirement as a player Walker became chairman of the South Australian Rugby League.

References

  1. Rugby League Project
  2. Yesterday's Hero
  3. Alan Whitacker: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 2005
  4. "Welcome to our new team members". Men of League.
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