Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John Leo Fitzgerald
- Born
- Sunday, 4th January, 1925
- Died
- Friday, 19th March, 1965 (Aged 40 years and 74 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
Biography
Wests winger, a try-scorer in the club's 1952 grand final win over Souths, later coached the Magpies in three consecutive grand final losses to St George in 1961-63. Fitzgerald had spent some time as a lower grade coach with the club (1957-60) before taking over the first grade role for four years. He passed away after a short illness, age 40, in 1965.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country Carnival | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 83 | 21 | - | - | 63 | 41 | 39 | 3 | 49.40% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 83 | 21 | - | - | 63 | 42 | 41 | 3 | 50.60% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North West NSW | 1956 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1949 | 10 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1950 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1951 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.15% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1952 | 18 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 72.22% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1953 | 14 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 35.71% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1954 | 17 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 35.29% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1955 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.57% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | 1949-55 | 83 | 21 | - | - | 63 | 41 | 39 | 3 | 49.40% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Tony McCarron, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Wests Archives, Tim Costello
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