Ted Goodwin
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ted Goodwin | |
| Date of birth | 1953 | |
| Nickname(s) | Lord Ted | |
| School(s) | Dapto High School | |
| Relatives | Luke, Bronx & Bryson (sons)[1] | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Dapto | ||
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1972–1978 1979 1980–1982 |
St. George Dragons Newtown Jets Western Suburbs Magpies |
116 (322) (5) 23 (13) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1973 | Australia | 3 (6) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Ted Goodwin (born 1953) is an Australian former professional rugby league player in the NSWRL competition. Goodwin played for the St. George Dragons, Newtown Jets and Western Suburbs Magpies as well as representing for Country and New South Wales and Australia.
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[edit] Club career
A Dapto High School junior, Goodwin had a long and eventful club career. He signed with St. George in 1972 after coming to talent scouts' attention when representing for Country from the Dapto club. Wildly unpredictable but extraordinarily gifted, he battled club officialdom throughout his career and unsuccessfully sought a release from St George to play with the Parramatta Eels in 1975.
Goodwin played in three Grand finals with St George: the 1975 loss to Eastern Suburbs, the 1977 9–9 draw with Parramatta and the subsequent replay, won by St. George, 22–0.[2]. In the drawn 1977 match he scored one of the best tries ever seen in a Grand Final when he regathered the ball after a great chip and chase and grounded it just before the dead-ball line, knocking himself unconscious in the process when his face smacked the hard Sydney Cricket Ground surface. He took no further part in the match but backed up the following week to kick six goals and a field-goal in the replay.
He played the 1978 season with St. George, had a one season stay at Newtown in 1979 and resurrected his career as a tough, dynamic forward with the Roy Masters coached Wests sides of 1980-1982. He finished his playing days in New South Wales Country Rugby League with stints as captain-coach at Parkes and Forbes in Group 11.
[edit] Representative career
Having earlier represented for Country from Dapto, Goodwin made eight state appearances for New South Wales during his St. George years. In 1972 he made his national representative debut as a reserve in the second Test against New Zealand. He was selected on the 1973 Kangaroo tour led by his club skipper Graeme Langlands. Goodwin appeared in six minor tour matches and on the wing in a Test match against Great Britain and in two against France. He scored seven tries on the tour, two in the first French Test.
[edit] Post-playing
Goodwin went on to become a graded referee in Perth and up until 2001 held a position as Development Officer with the Western Australia Rugby League. He was instrumental in schools development of the code in Western Australia in the 1990s. In 2005 he was a referee in for junior rugby league in Sydney's Sutherland Shire.[3].
[edit] Sons
His three sons all played first grade rugby league in Australia - Luke for the Western Reds in 2000; Bronx with the Canberra Raiders in 2007; Bryson for the Cronulla Sharks in 2007.[4]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Shark completes family hat-trick", Fox Sports News (Australia), 2007-08-22. Retrieved on 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Lord ted took the S route to glory", Sydney Morning Herald, 2005-08-20. Retrieved on 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Lord ted took the S route to glory", Sydney Morning Herald, 2005-08-20. Retrieved on 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Shark completes family hat-trick", Fox Sports News (Australia), 2007-08-22. Retrieved on 2007-11-21.
[edit] Sources
- Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
- Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
[edit] External links
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