Nigel Watts
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| Full name | Nigel Kevin Watts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 October 1919 Enmore, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 February 1995 (aged 75) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 7 August 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nigel Kevin Watts (21 October 1919 – February 17, 1995) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.[2]
Playing career[edit]
Watts was a schoolboy rugby union start from St. Josephs College, who went on to star for the Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union club before embarking on a brief rugby league career at St. George during World War II.[3] As he had never played Rugby League before, the residential-rule did not apply to Watts, who was a resident of Bondi at the time. Watts was in the Australian Army during his time at the Saints,[4] although after he was discharged from the Army, he moved to a captain/coach role in the Illawarra competition in 1946. He represented a combined South Coast Division representative team that defeated the touring Great Britain national rugby league team 15–12 at Wollongong, New South Wales on 2 June 1946.[5]
Death[edit]
Watts died in Sydney on 17 February 1995[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Noel Watts – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ISBN 1875169571
- ^ DAILY TELEGRAPH (Sydney) "Watts succeeds at R.L. Trial with St. GEORGE" 3 April 1944 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248898100?searchTerm=%22nigel%20watts%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=194%7C%7C%7Cl-year=1944
- ^ WW2 Nominal Roll(Nigel Watts) http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=374303
- ^ Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 3 June 1946(Country Team Shock Win Over Englishmen) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248504218?searchTerm=%22nigel%20watts%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=194%7C%7C%7Cl-year=1946
- ^ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Death Notice 20 February 1995
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