Leo Nosworthy

Leo Nosworthy (born c.1930) was an Australian rugby league player from the 1950s who became a premiership winning coach of the Balmain Tigers rugby league team.

Leo Nosworthy was a winger who played for Balmain Tigers for four seasons between 1948-1950 and 1952. Although his Sydney career was brief, Nosworthy was a very successful captain-coach in rural New South Wales at Dubbo and Narromine. As a player, he represented Western Division against touring French teams in 1951 and 1955. He reyurned to Balmain to coach third grade in 1963, and by 1967 Nosworthy had coached the Tiger's resereve grade team to the premiership. In 1969, Leo Nosworthy was appointed first grade coach of the Balmain Tigers, replacing the recently retired Tigers legend Keith Barnes. Through Nosworthy's guidance and genius, he took Balmain to the finals, and in what many judges considered a huge upset, he coached them to victory in the 1969 Grand Final. He remained as first grade coach until 1973 before retiring from the position. ^[1]

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