Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Fred Anthony Pagano
- Nickname(s)
- Fearless
- Born
- Tuesday, 13th October, 1953
- Current Age
- 72 years and 168 days
- Place Of Birth
- Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 49 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 37 | 0 | 24.49% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 60 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 19 | 41 | 0 | 31.67% | List | |||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1973 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1975 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.67% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1976 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1977 | 22 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 9.09% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1978 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1979 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Cronulla | 1973, 1975-76 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 10 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
| Newtown | 1977-78 | 26 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 7.69% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | 1979 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1973-1979 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 0 | 24.49% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
25 Jun 2015 8:35am
what about the tackle count? average plus 40 per game
20 Nov 2015 11:32am
Never saw a player who was so involved defensively. His tackle counts were huge.
6 Apr 2016 8:12pm
my memory of fred pagano was of a player with the Camden rams in 1972. what a powerhouse runner of the ball he was.my memory of him having his jumper torn from his back by a desperate defender in a futile effort to stop him scoring a tearaway try will stay with me for life. he was a superb defender and a very heavy tackler as well as being a devastating runner of the ball. graham hughes and co. please take note that he could be devastating in attack as well as in defence.
21 Jul 2017 3:31pm
When playing for Newtown jets in the 1970s I remember Fred often making 50 or more tackles as reported in the Daily Mirror
11 Jan 2020 6:44pm
Played for Illawarra Collegians after leaving Souths.
3 May 2022 11:15pm
A great bloke
15 Jul 2022 10:06pm
Massive tackle count at Newton when they won 2 games in a season, so imagine his defence
24 Aug 2022 9:56am
Remember, the first player to regularly average 50 tackles per game. Now some of the three-man-efforts you see blokes up around 70 per match!
18 Feb 2025 7:35pm
I am only 35 years old so never got to see Freddy play, but I know him through work he drove concrete agi trucks up until late 2024, he could have retired years ago but he just loved getting out and about seeing everyone, such a lovely bloke always has a smile on his face, and he loved to reminisce on the footy days, and the old days in general, what a legend of a bloke.
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27 Nov 2025 7:10pm
I remember he had over 50 tackles every game a workhorse
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