Peter Wynn
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Born | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | 23 December 1957|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Wynn (born 23 December 1957) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He played for the Parramatta Eels in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition.
Playing career
He is the older brother of fellow rugby league player Graeme Wynn. His position of choice was in the second row. However, lack of players of sufficient quality at Parramatta often forced Wynn to play in the front row although this was less suited to his very tall, lanky build.
Originally beginning his career at Thirroul in the Illawarra competition before being signed to Parramatta in 1979. Wynn tasted his first representative success that same year making his debut for the New South Wales side. He was denied the Dally M Rookie of the Year award only by his younger brother.
After such a start to his first grade career the early eighties were to become forgettable ones for Wynn whom suffered several serious injuries that restricted him to just fourteen games (out of a total of 83 played by the club) in Parramatta's three premiership years 1981-82-83. Despite his injury problems Wynn tasted premiership success with the Parramatta club on three occasions in
In 1985, Wynn was Man of the match in State of Origin
After his retirement from rugby league Wynn still remained somewhat involved in the game serving as a member of the rugby league judiciary during the 1990s, and then he later opened a chain of sporting stores under the name of Peter Wynn's Score.
In 2002, Wynn was inducted into Parramatta's hall of fame.[3]
Matches played and points scored
Team | Years | Matches | Matches as replacement player | Tries | Goals | F/G | Points |
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Thirroul | 1976–1978 | ||||||
Parramatta | 1979–1990 | 154 | 12 | 42 | - | - | 148 |
New South Wales | 1979, 1984 – 1985 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Australia | 1985 | 3 | - | - | - | - | – |
Total | 1979–1990 | 163 | 12 | 43 | - | - | 152 |
References
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Yesterday's Hero
- ^ "Parramatta National Rugby League Hall of Fame". Parramatta Eels.
External links
- http://www.peterwynnscore.com.au – Wynns' score shop
- Peter Wynn at stateoforigin.com.au