John Ferguson (rugby league)

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John Ferguson
Personal information
Full name John Ferguson
Date of birth b. July, 1954
Place of birth Sydney, NSW, Australia
Nickname(s) Chicka
Club information
Position(s) Wing
Current club Retired
Youth clubs
Years Club
Glen Innes (NSW Country)[1]
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
1980–1983
1984–1985
1985
1986–1990		 Newtown Jets
Eastern Suburbs
Wigan
Canberra Raiders		 74 (135)
31 (64)
94 (200)
Representative teams
1985–1989
1985		 New South Wales
Australia		 8 (4)
3 (0)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

John "Chicka" Ferguson (born July, 1954), an Indigenous Australian, is a former professional rugby league player in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. He previously played for the Newtown Jets, Eastern Suburbs and the Canberra Raiders. Ferguson played on the wing. He played in his first Grand Final with Newtown in 1981 and would later go on to feature in two premiership-winning Canberra Raiders sides in 1989 and 1990.

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[edit] Representative selection

Ferguson was selected to represent New South Wales as a winger in three State of Origin series:

Ferguson is the oldest player to have participated in a New South Wales State of Origin team - 34 years and 348 days. [1]

[edit] Awards

In 2001, Ferguson was named on the wing in the Indigenous Team of the Century. Arthur Beetson, named as captain of the team, commented that "Chicka was as good a winger as anybody". [2]

Ferguson was again listed in a top Indigenous players team in 2004 when the Canberra Raiders selected a side representing the best Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to have played for the club.[3]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ "State of Origin factboxes", AAP Sports News (Australia), 2005-05-24. Retrieved on 2007-12-09. 
  2. ^ Walton, Darren. "Beetson named captain of Indigenous Team of the Century", ABC News, 2001-06-16. Retrieved on 2007-12-09. 
  3. ^ "Daley chosen to skipper indigenous side", AAP Sports News (Australia), 2004-08-19. Retrieved on 2007-12-09. 

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