Tom Mooney (rugby league)
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| Born | 16 March 1952 Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom Mooney (born 16 March 1952) is an Australian former professional
Career
Born in
Mooney scored a try in the
Tom Mooney would also go on to be the 1979 NSWRFL season's top try scorer.[4]
In 1990 Mooney was named on the wing in a Manly team made up of the best players in the
Former Manly teammate Paul "Fatty" Vautin told in his biography "The Strife and Times of Paul Vautin that during the 1981 NSWRFL season, Mooney was considered to be in a form slump after not having scored a try in the first six games of the season (of which Manly had only won two). Before Manly's Round 7 match against South Sydney at Manly's home ground Brookvale Oval, a fired up Mooney all but ordered teammates to get him the ball during the game. Mooney went on to score two tries as the Sea Eagles won 21–13. Ironically it would be another 10 games before he crossed for another try. He scored a total of 9 tries for the season and retired from playing at the end of the year.
References
- ^ Yesterday's Hero Archived 3 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ RLP
- ^ Tom Mooney rugbyleagueproject.com
- ^ Alan Whiticker. Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 2005
External links
- Tom Mooney nrlstats.com