Peter Gallagher (rugby league footballer)
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Gallagher | |
| Date of birth | 21 January 1937 | |
| Place of birth | Townsville, Queensland, | |
| Date of death | 23 November 2003 | |
| Nickname(s) | Pedro | |
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1957-1967 | Brothers Brisbane | |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1962–1967 1963-1968 |
Queensland Australia |
17 (0) 17 (3) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Peter "Pedro" Gallagher (1937 - 2003) was an Australian rugby league player. He was a front-row forward for the Australian national team. He played in 17 Tests between 1963 and 1968 as captain on 1 occasion.
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[edit] Club career
Born in Townsville, Queensland Gallagher played his entire first grade career of 11 seasons with the Brothers club in Brisbane.
[edit] Representative career
He first represented for Queensland at age 25 in 1962 and then regularly over the next 5 years making 12 appearances against New South Wales as well as 5 appearances against touring international sides.
He made his Test debut against New Zealand in the first Test of the 1963 series in Sydney and played in all five domestic Tests that year against New Zealand and South Africa. At the end of that year he was selected for the 1963 Kangaroo Tour of England and France. He played in 3 Tests and 18 minor tour matches.
In 1967 after recovering from a knee injury he returned to the national side for all three Tests against New Zealand. He made his 2nd Kangaroo Tour of England in 1967-68 and played in 10 tour matches and 6 Tests. He made his sole appearance as captain of the Kangaroos in the 2nd Test in London in November 1967.
[edit] After football
In retirement he was heavily involved in the Queensland Racing Industry. He was Vice Chairman of the Gold Coast Turf Club for ten years and then Chairman for a further five years. He was a driving force behind the Magic Millions Racing Carnival.
He succumbed to cancer aged 66.
In February 2008, Gallagher was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia. [1]
[edit] Playing statistics
| Team | Matches | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Brothers | 209 | 1956-67 |
| Queensland | 17 | 1962-67 |
| Australia | 17 | 1963-68 |
[edit] References
[edit] Sources
- Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney
- Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
