Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Gordon Vivian Willoughby
- Nickname(s)
- Cement Head
- Born
- Monday, 16th June, 1924
- Died
- Tuesday, 11th January, 2005 (Aged 80 years and 209 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Burwood, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1952, 1954
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1954
Known Family Links
- Son
- Mark Willoughby
Biography
Manly winger played in the club's foundation season in the NSWRL. Willoughby represented NSW in 1951 before making his Test debut against France in the First Test. He played in the Sea Eagles' maiden grand final appearance, against Souths in 1951, and made his last Test appearance against NZ in 1952. Willoughby was later a long-serving administrator with the Manly club, serving as vice-president, delegate to the NSWRL and chairman of the Board of Directors.
- ALAN WHITICKER
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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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales XIII | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 130 | 60 | - | - | 180 | 50 | 77 | 3 | 38.46% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 139 | 68 | - | - | 204 | 57 | 85 | 4 | 41.01% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1951-52 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Rest of NSW Firsts | 1947 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1947 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW XII | 1951 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1951 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1951-52, 1954 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1954 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1947-1954 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1947 | 16 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1948 | 15 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 13.33% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1949 | 18 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1950 | 18 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1951 | 20 | 13 | - | - | 39 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1952 | 16 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1953 | 15 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 26.67% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1954 | 12 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | 1947-54 | 130 | 60 | - | - | 180 | 50 | 77 | 3 | 38.46% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Gary Neale, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Wests Archives, Tim Costello, AJ Lucantonio
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