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Syd Christensen

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Sydney Henry Albert Christensen
Nickname(s)
Sarty
Born
Tuesday, 31st May, 1910
Died
Monday, 9th February, 1942 (Aged 31 years and 254 days)
Place Of Birth
Glebe, New South Wales, Australia

Honours & Awards

Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.

City vs Country Firsts
1934

Known Family Links

Nephew
Ted Brennan
Brother
Frank Christensen

Biography

A first grade player with Glebe as a 17-year-old, five-eighth 'Sarty' Christensen went to Balmain when Glebe disbanded in 1929. One of four Sydney players invited to play for Queensland against West Dubbo in 1930 he spent the next two seasons with Griffith. In 1933, he returned to captain Balmain and was the first clubman to reach 100pts in a season (Christensen was awarded a miniature Labour Day Trophy for achieving this feat in three consecutive seasons). A fine tactician in open play and a capable goal-kicker, Christensen led Balmain in the 1936 final loss to the champion Easts club but later lost his life in World War II.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Additional Notes

Served as a Private in the Australian Army during World War II, where he was later KIA.

Playing Career Statistics

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Tour Matches Queensland Firsts - 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
City vs Country Firsts 1 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Country Carnival - 1 - 1   - 2 1 0 0 100.00% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - 71 45 193   - 521 31 35 5 43.66% List
NSWRFL Finals - 2 1 4   - 11 1 1 0 50.00% List
Overall   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
First Class 73 45 193   - 521 34 36 5 46.58% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
QLD Firsts 1930   1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1934   1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1930-1934   2 0 0   0 - 2 0 0 100.00% List

NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Glebe NSWRFL 1928   1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1929   7 3 8   - 25 2 4 1 28.57% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1930   6 9 2   - 31 2 3 1 33.33% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1933   10 6 34   - 86 4 4 2 40.00% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1934   14 6 41   - 100 4 10 0 28.57% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1935   16 12 59   - 154 8 7 1 50.00% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1936   15 9 48   - 123 10 5 0 66.67% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1937   2 - 1   - 2 1 1 0 50.00% List

NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Glebe 1928-29   8 3 8   - 25 2 5 1 25.00% List
Balmain 1930, 1933-37   63 42 185   - 496 29 30 4 46.03% List
Overall1928-1937   71 45 193   0 521 31 35 5 43.66% List

Your Say

  • Joy Long
    13 Feb 2012 8:42am

    Syd was my grandmothers brother

    joy

  • Ted Brennan
    12 Sep 2018 4:00pm

    Joy, Sid (Sardie) was also my Grandmothers brother. Sadie was my grandmother.

  • David Gough
    12 Mar 2019 10:12pm

    Sarty was also my grandmothers brother. Doing the family tree and looking for more information about him.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Tony McCarron, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann

Sources: 2006 Official Rugby League Annual