Bruce Walker (rugby league)

Bruce Walker (born 8 June 1952) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s.[3]

Bruce Walker
Bruce Walker 1972
Personal information
Born (1952-06-08) 8 June 1952
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Easts Tigers
1971–77 North Sydney 141 36 0 0 102
1978–83 Manly-Warringah 85 14 0 0 42
Total 226 50 0 0 144
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1975 New South Wales 1 0 0 0 0
1978 Australia 0 0 0 0 0
1982 Queensland 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]

Playing career

An Australian Kangaroos and Queensland Maroons representative second-row or lock forward, he played club football in Brisbane with Eastern Suburbs before moving to Sydney to play with North Sydney for seven seasons between 1971–1977, and later Manly-Warringah with whom he won the 1978 Grand Final and played for six seasons between 1978–1983. Walker was then selected to go on the 1978 Kangaroo tour, playing in 8 matches.[4]

Post playing

Following his retirement as a player Walker became chairman of the South Australian Rugby League.

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References
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. Yesterday's Hero
  3. Alan Whitacker: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 2005
  4. "Welcome to our new team members". Men of League.
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