Ken Maddison
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| Full name | Kenneth Maddison | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1946 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ken Maddison is an Australian former
national
representative, playing four Tests for Australia in 1973.
Playing career
St. George
Maddison started his first-grade football career with St. George in 1965 and the following year appeared in his first
last of the Dragons' record-breaking 11 consecutive premiership wins. He won that first premiership as a centre
but later moved into the forwards and enjoyed success in his career as a wide running second-rower.
In the late 1960s after St George had lost the stars of their long reign, Ken Maddison's work ethic (along with the stellar brilliance of
1971 Grand Final loss to South Sydney, again in the centres. Ken's younger brother Keith Maddison
also played alongside him at the Dragons in six seasons from 1966 to 1971.
Cronulla-Sutherland
In 1972 Maddison moved to the young Cronulla-Sutherland club, playing in the second-row.
1973 was Maddison's career high-point when he became the first forward to win the
Manly-Warringah
7 – 10.
Although Maddison played at a time when the loose forwards of the Souths' pack – Coote,
New South Wales Blues
.
Maddison continued playing for Cronulla-Sutherland until 1975. In 2006, he was named at second-row in a Sharks dream team.
References
- ^ Ken Maddison at Rugby League Project
- ^ Ken Maddison at yesterdayshero.com.au