Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Garry William Leo
- Born
- Wednesday, 11th October, 1944
- Died
- Thursday, 19th March, 2026 (Aged 81 years and 159 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1967
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1969
- Preseason Cup
- 1967
Biography
18-year-old centre progressed from the local 'C' Grade competition to make his first grade debut for Balmain in 1963. Gary Leo quickly made his name as a punishing runner and progressing to the forwards, proved to be a valuable clubman for the Tigers. He represented NSW in 1967 and by the time Balmain faced Souths in the 1969 grand final he had already reached veteran status with the club. At 24, his experience was seen to good effect in the club’s 11-2 win over Souths and he later went on to captain the Tigers in the early 1970s. Leo left Balmain in 1974 with a club record 236 grade matches to his credit to take on a captain-coach role with Norths Newcastle.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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| Tour Matches | Balmain Tigers | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 173 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 91 | 77 | 5 | 52.60% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | 1 | 39 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 43.59% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Endeavour Cup | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 218 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 115 | 101 | 8 | 52.75% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1967, 1969 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1967 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1970 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1975-76 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1967-1976 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1963 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1965 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1966 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1967 | 21 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 52.38% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1968 | 17 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58.82% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1969 | 25 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 76.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1970 | 21 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1971 | 21 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 47.62% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1972 | 20 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 30.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1973 | 20 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 30.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1974 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | 1963, 1965-74 | 173 | 29 | - | 1 | 89 | 91 | 77 | 5 | 52.60% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Wests Archives, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello
Sources:
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Your Say
17/01/2017
A real pleasure to know and coach at Rozelle Codocks. A genuine good bloke with great qualities. Ken W.
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