Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Friday, 12th August, 1938
- Died
- Saturday, 16th September, 2023 (Aged 85 years and 35 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Test Series
- Australia vs France 1960
- Interstate Series
- 1960
- Bulimba Cup
- 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
Known Family Links
- Son
- Brad Morgan
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) | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Other International Matches | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| World Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Brisbane Firsts | - | 4 | 1 | 13 | - | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | - | 4 | 4 | 13 | - | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | South Queensland Firsts | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Gold Coast Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 12 | 11 | 15 | - | 63 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Bulimba Cup | 4 | 18 | 23 | 39 | - | 147 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 72.22% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 27 | 21 | 47 | - | 157 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 55.56% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1960 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1960 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1960 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Brisbane Firsts | 1959-63 | 22 | 24 | 52 | - | 176 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1960-63 | 16 | 15 | 28 | - | 101 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| South QLD Firsts | 1963 | 1 | - | 6 | - | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Gold Coast Firsts | 1964 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1959-1964 | 40 | 39 | 86 | 0 | 289 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 52.50% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables
Your Say
26 Jun 2016 5:26pm
Lionel was named in the The Indigenous Australian rugby league team of the century 1908–2007
Also was the first Indigenous Australian to be selected to play in a recognised rugby league Test Match
Wynnum Manly Legend
13 Dec 2018 1:15am
lonel morgan was an exceptional elegant long striding balanced runner who could get the crowd on their feet with lightning thrusts deep into opposiion terrtory at all levels. a pleasure to watch and a credit to the game. we loved his style n ipswich. great goalkcker also.
should have been in more tests for australa in a great era of rugby league in australa. well done lionel.
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