Corey Adams

Corey Adams (born 1962)[3] is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League competition. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Eastern Suburbs.

Corey Adams
Personal information
Full nameCorey Adams
Born1962 (age 60–61)
Maroubra, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1984 South Sydney 2 0 0 0 0
1985 Eastern Suburbs 1 0 0 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]

Between 1974 and 2019, Adams held the Sydney eastern suburbs school zone boys 12 200m freestyle record (2 minutes and 30.90 seconds).[4]

After a brief playing career, Adams spent 20 years as a professional lifeguard at Bondi Beach with Waverley Council,[5] featuring in many episodes of Bondi Rescue over its first three seasons.[6][7] During his time as a lifeguard, he also served a firefighter with Fire and Rescue NSW.[8][9] In 2011, he became president of the Maroubra Surfers Association.[10] He still held that position in 2013.[11]

References
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. Yesterday's Hero
  3. "Corey Adams – South Sydney Player Report". ssralmanac.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  4. Field, Antony (27 March 2019). "Swimmer smashes 45-year-old 200m freestyle record". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  5. Bondi Rescue profile
  6. "Bondi surf rescue show goes global". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 January 2007.
  7. Metacritic
  8. Lifeguard's 2nd Job | Best of Bondi Rescue
  9. Real People, Real Stories – Maroubra local, Corey Adams, retrieved 2 June 2021
  10. MSA History
  11. The Maroubra Surfers Association celebrates 50th anniversary


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