Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 27th July, 1936
- Died
- Tuesday, 28th November, 1978 (Aged 42 years and 124 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- The Ashes
- 1967/1968
- World Cup
- 1968
- Test Series
- France vs Australia 1959/60, Australia vs France 1960
- Interstate Series
- 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1968
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1963, 1967
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
- Bulimba Cup
- 1959, 1960, 1969
- Preseason Cup
- 1963, 1964, 1965
Biography
Former Mackay forward first represented Queensland in 1959 while playing in Toowoomba. A bulky second row forward who later joined the champion St George club in the 1960s, Rasmussen toured with the 1959-60 Kangaroos and made his Test debut against Great Britain. After playing against France in 1960 he was lured to St George and went on to play in five successive grand final wins (1962-66, the first at lock). Rasmussen played against Great Britain in two Tests in 1962 and while he was a frequent selection for NSW between 1962-68, he had to wait another five years to play for Australia again. Selected for his second Kangaroo tour in 1967, he played in all six Tests against Great Britain and France. His final appearance for Australia was in the successful 1968 World Cup series. After St George's reign as premiership champions ended, Rasmussen returned to Queensland to captain-coach Souths Brisbane – and again played for his state some ten years after his rep career began. League fans were saddened by his premature death from a heart attack at Greenmount near Toowoomba, in 1978, aged 51.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | 2 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Other International Matches | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| World Cup | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | North Queensland Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Toowoomba | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 54 | 4 | 2 | - | 16 | 32 | 20 | 2 | 59.26% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | St George Dragons | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 3 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | 2 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 55.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 5 | 125 | 21 | 49 | - | 161 | 94 | 27 | 4 | 75.20% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Bulimba Cup | 3 | 18 | 5 | 30 | - | 75 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 61.11% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | 3 | 33 | 6 | 12 | - | 42 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 69.70% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 244 | 36 | 69 | - | 246 | 194 | 88 | 15 | 79.51% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1959-62, 1967-68 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | 2 | 50.00% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1959-1961 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1959-1968 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North QLD | 1956 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Toowoomba | 1958-60 | 18 | 6 | 35 | - | 88 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1959-61, 1969 | 15 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 53.33% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1962 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1962-63, 1967-68 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1962-63, 1967 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1968 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Brisbane Firsts | 1969 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1956-1969 | 49 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 102 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 53.06% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1962 | 18 | 7 | 1 | - | 23 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 77.78% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1963 | 20 | 2 | 32 | - | 70 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 85.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1964 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.92% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1965 | 19 | 3 | 14 | - | 37 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 84.21% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1966 | 15 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 73.33% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1967 | 22 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 68.18% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1968 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 61.11% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | 1962-68 | 125 | 21 | 49 | - | 161 | 94 | 27 | 4 | 75.20% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Michael Borg, Tim Costello, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
05/10/2025
Elton Rasmussen was my Mother’s First Cousin.
My Fathers Family have lived in Mackay, After arriving from Forfar in SCOTLAND in 1887.
My Great Grandfather started the very First Sugar Mill there, which still stands Today
IThe Sugar Capital of Australia. As I was very Young, I Never got to see him Play for either QLD, AUSTRALIA, or St George. I did meet him when he came up to Mackay, and Remember Looking up at him thinking, My God - You are Massive.
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