Elton Rasmussen

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**Elton Rasmussen**
Personal information
Full name	Elton Rasmussen
Date of birth	1937
Date of death	1978
Place of death	Toowoomba, Qld, Australia
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Mackay
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1962 - 1968	St. George	126 (161)
Representative teams
1959 - 1969 1962 - 1968 1959 - 1968	Queensland New South Wales Australia	13 (6) 7 (0) 15 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Elton Rasmussen was an Australian rugby league player. He was a second-row forward with the St. George Dragons during the second-half of their 11 year consecutive premiership winning run from 1956 to 1966. He was a representative in the Australian national team from 1959 to 1962 and from 1967 to 1968.

Rasmussen was playing for Toowoomba when first selected for Queensland in 1959. He was picked on the 1959-60 Kangaroo tour and made his Test debut in that Ashes series against Great Britain. He played in two Tests and fifteen minor matches on tour. Later in 1960 he played in all three Tests of the domestic series against France.

He relocated to New South Wales and joined St George in 1962. He played 122 games for St George till 1968 and played in five winning successive Grand Finals from 1962 to 1966, the first at lock and the rest in the second-row.

He represented again for Australia in 1962 against Great Britain, made a second Kangaroo tour in 1967 playing in all six Tests and twelve minor touring matches. His final national appearances were in the 1968 World Cup where he appeared in one pool match and in Australia's victory in the final over France.

He captain-coached Brisbane Souths in 1969 and again earned Queensland representative honours in that year.

He died in 1978 from at heart attack at Greenmount near Toowoomba, Queensland.

[edit] Sources

Writer, Larry (1995) Never Before, Never Again, Pan MacMillan, Sydney
Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney

v • d • e St. George Dragons squad - 1962 NSWRFL Premiers (9th Title)

1 Kevin McDonald • 2 Johnny King • 3 John Riley • 4 Reg Gasnier • 5 Eddie Lumsden • 6 Johnny Raper • 7 George Evans • 8 Monty Porter • 9 Ian Walsh • 10 Billy Wilson • 11 Kevin Ryan • 12 Norm Provan (c) • 13 Elton Rasmussen • Coach: Norm Provan

v • d • e St. George Dragons squad - 1963 NSWRFL Premiers (10th Title)

1 Graeme Langlands • 2 Johnny King • 3 Reg Gasnier • 4 Billy Smith • 5 Eddie Lumsden • 6 Bruce Pollard • 7 George Evans • 8 Monty Porter • 9 Ian Walsh • 10 Kevin Ryan • 11 Elton Rasmussen • 12 Norm Provan (c) • 13 Johnny Raper • Coach: Norm Provan

v • d • e St. George Dragons squad - 1964 NSWRFL Premiers (11th Title)

1 Graeme Langlands • 2 Johnny King • 3 Reg Gasnier • 4 Billy Smith • 5 Eddie Lumsden • 6 Brian Clay • 7 George Evans • 8 Monty Porter • 9 Peter Armstrong • 10 Kevin Ryan • 11 Elton Rasmussen • 12 Norm Provan (c) • 13 Johnny Raper • Coach: Norm Provan

v • d • e St. George Dragons squad - 1965 NSWRFL Premiers (12th Title)

1 Graeme Langlands • 2 Johnny King • 3 Reg Gasnier • 4 Billy Smith • 5 Eddie Lumsden • 6 Brian Clay • 7 George Evans • 8 Robin Gourley • 9 Ian Walsh • 10 Kevin Ryan • 11 Elton Rasmussen • 12 Norm Provan (c) • 13 Johnny Raper • Coach: Norm Provan

v • d • e St. George Dragons squad - 1966 NSWRFL Premiers (13th Title)

1 Graeme Langlands • 2 Johnny King • 3 Bruce Pollard • 4 Ken Maddison • 5 Eddie Lumsden • 6 Brian Clay • 7 Billy Smith • 8 Robin Gourley • 9 Ian Walsh (c) • 10 Kevin Ryan • 11 Elton Rasmussen • 12 Dick Huddart • 13 Johnny Raper • 14 Trevor Levin • Coach: Ian Walsh

v • d • e Australia squad - 1968 Rugby League World Cup champions (2nd title)

1 Eric Simms • 2 Lionel Williamson • 3 Graeme Langlands • 4 Johnny Greaves • 5 Johnny Rhodes • 6 Bob Fulton • 7 Billy Smith • 8 John Wittenberg • 9 Fred Jones • 10 Arthur Beetson • 11 Dick Thornett • 12 Ron Coote • 13 Johnny Raper (c) • 14 Elton Rasmussen • Coach: Harry Bath •