Joe Gartner
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Samuel Gartner | |||||
| Born | 1912 Marrickville, New South Wales | |||||
| Died | 1 February 2002 Wiley Park, New South Wales | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Centre | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1931–35 | Newtown | 31 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 1936–41 | Canterbury | 56 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
| Total | 87 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 132 | |
| Source: Whiticker/Hudson | ||||||
Joseph Samuel Gartner (1912-2002) was an Australian rugby league player of the 1930s and was a dual premiership winner.
Joe Gartner was graded with Newtown in 1931 and went straight into first grade. Gartner was a prolific try scorer during his career, and usually played on the wing. He played five seasons with Newtown Jets between 1931-1935, which included winning a premiership with them in 1933. He then moved to Canterbury-Bankstown and played six seasons with tem between 1936-1941. He won a further premiership with Canterbury in 1938 and he scored two tries in that match.[1] He was the father of another Canterbury-Bankstwon legend, Ray Gartner.
Joe Gartner died on 1 February 2002, aged 90.[2]
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