Vic Armbruster
Ogden's Cigarette card featuring Vic Armbruster | ||||||
Personal information | ||||||
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Born | Meerschaum Vale, New South Wales, Australia | 12 July 1902|||||
Died | 1984 | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Second-row | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1921–23 | Mullumbimby | |||||
1924–25 | Valleys (Toowoomba) | |||||
1926–28 | Grammars (Brisbane) | |||||
1929–30 | Fortitude Valley | |||||
1931 | Bundaberg | |||||
1931–35 | Rochdale Hornets | |||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1922 | New South Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1924–31 | Queensland | 35 | ||||
1924–30 | Australia | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Other Nationalities | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Playing career
Armbruster's grade career commenced in the country at Mullumbimby, New South Wales from where he gained state selection for New South Wales in 1922. He played in the historic match of 1922 which saw Queensland beat New South Wales for the first time since 1908. Many of the victorious Queenslanders that day would later be Armbruster's state and national team-mates.[3]
While playing with Toowoomba, Armbruster first gained national selection appearing in the 2nd and 3rd Tests of the 1924 domestic Ashes series against Great Britain.
He played with the Grammars club in Brisbane and then Valleys and was a regular representative in the Queensland state side making 35 appearances up till 1931. He was selected for the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and played in three Tests and sixteen minor representative tour games.
In February 2008, Armbruster 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.[4][5]
In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, Heidke was named on the bench of both the Bundaberg Rugby League's and Toowoomba and South West teams of the century.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Mullumbimby Giants Club Profile". Mullumbimby Giants. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ↑ Century's Top 100 Players
- ↑ Pollard, Jack (1965). Gregory's Guide to Rugby League. Australia: Grenville Publishing. p152.
- ↑ Peter Cassidy (2008-02-23). "Controversy reigns as NRL releases top 100 players". Macquarie National News. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ "Centenary of Rugby League - The Players". NRL & ARL. 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ "BRL Team of the Century named". sportingpulse.com. Bundaberg Rugby League Ltd. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ↑ Leslie, Cameron (21 August 2008). "Rugby League Team of the Century named". The Chronicle. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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