Paul Dunn (rugby league)
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Full name | Paul Anthoney Dunn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Molong, New South Wales, Australia | 7 August 1963||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Dunn (born 7 August 1963) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative forward, he played club football in Sydney for Eastern Suburbs, Canterbury-Bankstown, Parramatta and Penrith.
Background
Dunn was born in the small town of
Professional playing career
In 1983, Dunn began his first-grade career in the NSWRL premiership with Sydney's Eastern Suburbs club, where he played for two years before moving to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, playing 100 games for the club over five seasons. At the end of the
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Dunn also played in the City Firsts side in 1985 and 1986, and the City Origin side in 1987 and 1990, due to having played his last year of junior football for Bondi United, a Sydney-based club. He also played in the Country Origin sides of 1988, 1989 and 1991 because of his country roots. Dunn played one State of Origin game for New South Wales in 1988, and two games in 1989, along with seven Tests and five World Cup matches for Australia between 1986 and 1988, but found it hard to press for further representative honours in an era dominated by powerful forwards including Steve Roach, David Gillespie, Paul Harragon, Paul Sironen and John Cartwright.
Post-playing career
In 2000, Dunn was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in rugby league. Appointed the chief executive of the newly re-instituted South Sydney Rabbitohs, Dunn departed the club after its disappointing return season of 2002 due to unrest within the organisation. In 2008, Dunn was appointed to the club board of Canterbury-Bankstown. The following year, the Bulldogs reached the preliminary final after narrowly missing the minor premiership. In 2010, he was made deputy chairman of the club.
References
- ^ RLP
- ^ Yesterdays Hero Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Orange City Council – Rugby League". City of Orange. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2016.