Arthur Conlin
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Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 11 April 1883||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 31 December 1947 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 64)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre, Five-eighth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Conlin (1883–1947) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. A New South Wales and Australian representative goal-kicking back, he played club football for the South Sydney[2] and Western Suburbs clubs.
In rugby league's first season in Australia, the 1908 NSWRFL season, Conlin captained Souths in the inaugural grand final, scoring a try to help his side to premiership victory.
He was the top point-scorer for the 1909 NSWRFL season with 43 points,[3][4] and that year he represented New South Wales as well.[1] Also in 1909, Conlin's South Sydney side again won the premiership, this time in controversial circumstances as Balmain were ruled to have forfeited it.
During the 1909 representative season he made two appearances at centre for Australia in the 1st and the 3rd Test against the
South Sydney reached the final for the 3rd year in a row in the 1910 NSWRFL season and Arthur Conlin played in what would be a try-less draw, the premiership going to opponents Newtown by virtue of their superior ladder position.
By the end of 1910, the
After the 1911 NSWRFL season, Conlin moved to Western Suburbs where he played one more season.[6]
References
- ^ a b Arthur Conlin at rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ Arthur Conlin [dead link] at rabbitohs.com.au
- ^ Arthur Conlin Archived 9 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine at yesterdayshero.com.au
- ^ Arthur Conlin Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine at nrlstats.com
- ^ a b "Missing Kangaroo unveiled".
- ^ Arthur Conlin Archived 19 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine at stats.rleague.com
- ^ Heads, Ian and Middleton, David (2008) A Centenary of Rugby League, MacMillan Sydney