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Dick Healy

Dick Healy

Australian rugby league footballer and administrator

Richard Joseph Healy (1922-2013) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.

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Healy was graded at St. George in 1945 and was mainly the Reserve Grade prop forward during his career although he did play 33 first grade games with the club.[2]

After his marriage in 1948, he moved out of the area and due to residential rules of the time he was told to play with Eastern Suburbs by the NSWRFL, playing one season with the tri-colours in 1949.[3][4][5]

Healy died on 5 November 2013.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Dick Healy - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  2. [2]
    Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ISBN 1875169571
  3. [3]
    Men Of League article Dick Healy September 2013 https://menofleague.com/2013/09/10/bringing-a-smile-to-an-old-player/
  4. [4]
    Daily Telegraph (Sydney) Dick Healy to Easts 19/4/1949 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248146824?searchTerm=%22dick%20healy%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=194%7C%7C%7Cl-year=1949
  5. [5]
    "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  6. [6]
    Sydney Morning Herald; Death Notice (9/11/2013)


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