Dale Shearer
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Dale Anthony Shearer (born 1965 in St George, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league fullback of Aboriginal heritage.
Australia 1986-93: 20 Tests - 12t, 6g (60 pts)
Queensland 1985-96: 26 games - 12t, 9g (66 pts)
Manly Sea Eagles 1985-89: 86 games - 45t, 5g, 1fg (191 pts)
Brisbane Broncos 1990-91: 27 games - 15t, 48g (156 pts)
Gold Coast Seagulls 1992-94: 33 games - 3t, 17g, 2fg (48 pts)
South Queensland Crushers 1995-96: 10 games – 5t, 1fg (21 pts)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters 1997: 11 games – 2t (8 pts)
North Queensland Cowboys 1998: 13 games – 2t, 2g (12 pts)
At the age of 18, Dale Shearer caught the attention of many people during his time at the Queensland club, Sarina Crocodiles in the Winfield State League with some impressive performances. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles coach Bob Fulton was quick to sign him before anyone else in 1985. He made his test debut for the Kangaroos in 1986, and later in that year went on to represent Australia on their tour of England and France. He again toured with the Kangaroos squad four years later against England and France.
Dale Shearer was a member of the Manly premiership winning side in 1987, but his time at the Manly club went sour when he took them to court in 1989, requesting to be released from his contract after a bitter dispute. He failed to win the court case but an agreement was made to let Shearer join the Brisbane Broncos in 1990.
Despite being the Broncos' top point-scorer for the 1990 season, Shearer was not happy with Brisbane either, and at the end of the 1991 season he moved to the struggling Gold Coast Seagulls. Shearer's Australian test career seemed to be over after a poor match against New South Wales in Melbourne in 1991. However, he fought his way back into the Queensland State of Origin side and was selected for Australia's three test series against New Zealand in 1993. He proved his critics wrong and was one of the stand out players in the three test series. Shearer took the record for most tries scored by one player in State of Origin history. He played out the rest of his football career at the North Queensland Cowboys before a teary final exit from the sport in 1998.
After his retirement Shearer remained in North Queensland to do Aboriginal representative work for local organisations. In 2000 he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his outstanding achievement in rugby league.
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