Fred Jones (rugby league)
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| Full name | Frederick Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 December 1942 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 March 2021 (aged 78)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frederick Jones (9 December 1942 – 20 March 2021) was an Australian
NSWRFL Premierships
.
Playing career
A product of the South Coast, Jones rose through the Manly juniors, appearing in the
New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership's first grade in 1961.[5]
Except for the 1964 season that he spent at
grand final loss
to Souths.
In 1970, Jones suffered
another grand final defeat before captaining the club to their first premiership title. He was a try scorer in the club's 19–14 grand final win over Easts in 1972 and was named in Australia's World Cup squad that went to France at the end of the year. After a four-year absence, Jones played in all three interstate matches in 1973 and finished a memorable year by leading Manly to victory over Cronulla in the grand final. His final season with Manly was in 1975.[6] He retired with the club's all-time record for most first-grade games.[7]
References
- ^ "Sea Eagles mourn the passing of Fred Jones". 20 March 2021.
- ^ NRL Stats
- ^ Yesterday's Hero
- ^ RLP
- ^ Fred Jones at Yesterday's Hero
- ^ Fred Jones Archived 16 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine at nrlstats.com
- ^ Club records Archived 18 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine at seaeagles.com.au
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