Reg Gasnier

Reg Gasnier

Player information
Full name	Reginald William Gasnier
birthday	May 12, 1939
place of birth	Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
date of death	May 11, 2014
Place of death	Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
size	1.80 m
Nickname	Prince of centers
society
society	Career ended
position	Inner three quarters
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
1959-67	St. George Dragons	125 (421)
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1959-67 1959-67	New South Wales Australia	15 (45) 39 (78)
Status: January 14, 2015 National team: January 14, 2015

Reg Gasnier AM (born May 12, 1939 in Sydney , New South Wales , † May 11, 2014 ) was an Australian rugby league player and coach.

Gasnier was included in the list of Australian rugby league's 100 greatest players and the so-called "Team of the Century" and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame and the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Career

Reg Gasnier was born in Mortdale, a southern suburb of Sydney . He started playing rugby and cricket at Sutherland Intermediate High School . He later attended Sydney Technical High School in Bexley, another southern suburb of Sydney, where he also played rugby and cricket. Eventually he began playing rugby for the junior club Renown United.

St. George Dragons

In 1957, at the age of 18, Gasnier signed a contract with the St. George Dragons for the 1958 season. After only six games with the third-rate team, he was accepted into the regular team, and after five games with this he was promoted to the state team New South Wales elected.

Gasnier became an important part of the Dragons and won 6 championships with them. In 1967 he ended his career with the Dragons after 125 games in which he had placed 127 attempts.

National team

In 1959 Gasnier made his debut for the Australian national team in a friendly against New Zealand in Sydney. He then took part in two more test matches and a tour of Great Britain. In a three-part series of friendly matches against Great Britain, he scored a hat trick in the first game that Australia won 22:14, but Australia lost the next games 10:11 and 12:18. In 1960 he took part in the Rugby League World Cup with Australia .

In 1962, at the age of 23 years and 28 days, Gasnier was the captain of the Australian national team in a game against England, making him the youngest captain of the Australian national team. In 1963 and 1967 he again took part in tours through Europe. His career ended in 1967 when he broke his leg during a game against a French provincial team. With 39 games (36 test games and 3 World Cup games), Gasnier was the player with the most international games after the end of his career, a record that was only broken by Mal Meninga in 1992 .

Subsequent career

After his career as an active player, Gasnier continued to work as a sports journalist and commentator with rugby league. He worked for ABC , among others .

Private life

While attending Sydney Technical High School, Gasnier met his wife Maureen Sullivan, whom he married in 1962. With her he had two children, a son and a daughter. He is also the uncle of rugby league player Mark Gasnier .

In 2010, he underwent surgery to remove tumors from his neck and brain. He died on May 11, 2014 at the age of 74 in a nursing home.

Honors

In 1981 Gasnier was elected to the so-called "Immortals" by the Australian newspaper Rugby League Week, together with Clive Churchill , Johnny Raper and Bob Fulton . He was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in December of that year. In 1989 he became a member of the Order of Australia and also received a lifetime membership with the St. George Dragons .

In 2000 he received the Australian Sports Medal , and a year later he also received the Centenary Medal . In 2002 he was inducted into the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame .

In 2014, a plaque of honor was unveiled in his honor near the Jubilee Oval , where the St. George Dragons used to play. The revelation took place through his wife and two children.

Web links

• Reg Gasnier on bestlegenz.com.au
• Reg Gasnier on rl1908.com
• Reg Gasnier on eraofthebiff.com ( Memento from February 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Chammas: Reg Gasnier: Immortal was in a league of his own ( English ) May 12, 2014. Accessed April 17, 2016.
2. ↑ League mourns 'prince of centers' Reg Gasnier ( English ) May 12, 2014. Accessed April 17, 2016.
3. ↑ Glenn Cullen: Rugby League Immortal Gasnier this ( English May) 12, 2014. Accessed April 17, 2016th
4. ↑ Andy Wilson: Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league great, dies aged 74 in Sydney ( English ) May 11, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
5. ↑ Search Australian Honors - Simple Search ( English ) Retrieved on 17 April 2016th