Ross Popplewell
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Full name | Ross Popplewell | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1952 Sydney | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Whiticker/Hudson |
Ross Popplewell (born 1952) was an Australian rugby league player in the 1970s.[1]
Ross Popplewell was one of the youngest players to play first grade in the modern era. He played most of the 1970 season in Reserve Grade while also playing schoolboy football in his final year at Blakehurst High School in Sydney's south where he was also the school captain. He was promoted to first grade by coach Jack Gibson on one occasion in 1970 aged 18.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Rugby League News (July 25,26 1970) "School Boy Winger" https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-760323740/view?sectionId=nla.obj-761866897&partId=nla.obj-760327498#page/n16/mode/1up
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)