Geoff Carr

Geoff Carr
Playing information
Position Three-quarter back
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1970–74 St. George 59 27 0 0 81
Source: [1]

Geoff Carr is an Australian former professional rugby league football player of the 1970s and administrator of the 1990s and 2000s. He was the CEO of the Australian Rugby League[2] as well as the New South Wales Rugby League. Carr also played first grade in the NSWRL premiership with the St. George Dragons during the 1970s[3] and reached the 1971 grand final with them.

Carr was appointed secretary of the St. George club in 1989.[4] He later became the club's chief executive, and in 1995 after exploring the possibility of a merger with the Roosters in an attempt to match the turnover of the all-conquering Brisbane Broncos, was sacked by his board.[5] He then joined the ARL and was team manager for Australia in their successful1995 World Cup campaign.[6] Carr later also worked for the National Rugby League. Carr became CEO of the ARL in 2000[7] and was later appointed New South Wales Rugby League chief executive.[8]

He announced his retirement from full time administration in 2013.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Geoff Carr rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. ↑ "ARL CEO Geoff Carr says Karmichael Hunt will get no retirement fund" - foxports.com.au article by Wayne Heming (6 August 2009)
  3. ↑ Geoff Carr at stats.rleague.com
  4. ↑ St. George history at dragons.com.au
  5. ↑ Roy Masters (28 July 2005). "Roosters may not like 'cap-ochino' but latte lovers aren't milking system". The Sydney Morning Herald (smh.com.au). Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  6. ↑ Masters, Roy (30 October 1995). "Roos on top of the world". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "ARL Development Activity Report 2006" (PDF). arldevelopment.com.au. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  8. ↑ ninemsn.com.au (2007-05-10). "Mundine calls NSW rugby league 'racist'". National Nine News (ninemsn Pty Ltd). Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  9. ↑ Carr to stand down as NSWRL CEO nrl.com, 31 May 2013

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