Geoff Carr
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Full name | Geoffrey Marc Carr | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Grafton, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Marc Carr Australian Rugby League[2] as well as the New South Wales Rugby League.
Playing career
Originally from
NSWRL premiership with the St. George Dragons for five seasons between 1970 and 1975.[3] and played in the 1971 Grand Final under mastercoach Jack Gibson
.
Administrative career
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 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]
Carr was awarded the
Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours for "service to rugby league."[10]
References
- ^ Geoff Carr rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ "ARL CEO Geoff Carr says Karmichael Hunt will get no retirement fund" - foxports.com.au article by Wayne Heming (6 August 2009)
- ^ "Geoff Carr at stats.rleague.com". Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
- ^ St. George history at dragons.com.au Archived 25 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Roy Masters (28 July 2005). "Roosters may not like 'cap-ochino' but latte lovers aren't milking system". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
- ^ Masters, Roy (30 October 1995). "Roos on top of the world". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ "ARL Development Activity Report 2006" (PDF). arldevelopment.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
- National Nine News. ninemsn Pty Ltd. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
- ^ Carr to stand down as NSWRL CEO nrl.com, 31 May 2013
- ^ Stehle, Mark (25 January 2020). "Australia Day Honours 2020: Full list of recipients". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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