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Football Sport and particularly football have been a very important part of my life
and I formed many life-long friendships because of my involvement in sport.
After leaving school, I mainly played lower grades for the Parramatta Eels,
and then went on to be the Captain and Coach of a number of premiership winning teams.
After my playing days I played representative touch football
and then went back into coaching from time to time and I have been
a coach with the Ryde Junior Rugby Union Club since 2004.
Below are some photographs which help tell the story of my football career:
A Daily Mirror early edition containing a story of a third grade game,
Parramatta V’s Manly at the SCG in 1971. It’s funny finishing a game at 1.30pm,
then being handed a newspaper of yourself playing a couple of hours earlier.
I’m on the left in the headgear.
I even kept my SCG players gate pass.
Training with the Parramatta first grade squad in December 1971, fourth from the left
behind Peter Langmack, who scored 5 tries in a first grade game
for the Penrith Panthers a few years later…. Holding centre stage in this picture
(as always) is test prop Bob ‘The Bear’ O’Reilly in the striped jersey,
who was one of the most enduring characters in the game.
 The Commonwealth Bank Premiership Winning Team
1973 Metropolitan Business Houses Competition
(Second from the right, back row)
Captain/Coach of the undefeated Customs
Agents team in 1974 (Centre, middle row).
Captain/Coach of the Combined Customs/Agents team
who were the undefeated premiers in 1975.
(Seated third from the right in the middle row).
Receiving the premiership winning trophy in 1975.
Being presented with the competition's Best & Fairest award in 1975.
Playing for the North Sydney Bears in the State Touch Football Championships in 1982.
I included this photograph to show the young kids I coach the importance of balance,
keeping your eyes on the team-mate to whom you are delivering the ball to
and not the opposing player who is about to hit you … And doing it at speed!
Another example of passing to 'wrong foot' an opponent.
This was taken in a trial game in the late 1970’s and
the opposing player on the left has been twisted which enabled
our No 23 to get around him to score in the corner ….
The Western Suburbs Representative Touch Football team for the 1966 State
Championships (Second player on the left in the middle row).
 I was fortunate to study the structure and train with the famous St Helens Rugby League
and the Tottenham Hotspur Soccer Clubs and as with the San Francisco 49’ers,
both teams made it to their respective Challenge Cup Finals later that season. Pictured with the legendary former Great Britain half-back and then St Helen’s coach
Alex Murphy and one of my team mates from the Western Suburbs touch football team
Brett Clarke, who played for St Helen that season. ^ Back to Top ^ |
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