Bernie Drew
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| Born | 16 October 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 August 2010 (aged 82) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row / Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bernie Drew (16 October 1927 – 12 August 2010) was an Australian rugby league player.
A second-rower and lock, Drew came into the Newtown Jets first-grade side in 1947 as a local junior. He left in 1949 to take up a player-coaching role with North Queensland club Proserpine, then returned to Newtown the following year for more season, before moving to Bundaberg to coach Brothers.[1]
Drew was a second-rower in the Queensland state side from 1951 to 1955. He played for Australia in the 2nd and 3rd Test matches of a home series against France, replacing second-rower Harold Crocker, who had been shifted to lock after Noel Mulligan got injured.[2] In 1953, Drew toured New Zealand with the national team and was their top-scoring forward with 31-points, but featured in only the third of the three Test matches.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Playing Coach". The Proserpine Guardian. 18 February 1949. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Drew Replaces Noel Mulligan". Daily Mercury. 29 June 1951. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Kangaroos Score 366 On N.Z. Tour". The Northern Star. 20 July 1953.
External links
[edit]- Bernie Drew at Rugby League Project