Mortimer brothers

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The Mortimer brothers are Rugby league footballers from Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia: Chris Mortimer, Peter Mortimer and Steve Mortimer. The brothers are best known for their relationship with the Canterbury-Bankstown Rugby League Football Club in the New South Wales Rugby League competition from the mid-1970s to the current day as players and administrators.

The three brothers played together in four grand finals for Canterbury and all represented New South Wales; Chris and Steve going on to represent Australia. All three Mortimer brothers are life members of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Football Club. Chris and Steve are inductees into the Riverina Sporting Hall of Fame.[1]

1979 Grandfinal, all 3 brothers scored in a historic performance for the mortimers.

A younger brother, Glen Mortimer played 26 first grade games for Cronulla between 1983-87 after starting out in the Bulldogs lower grades.

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