Fred Gardner (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Frederick Harry Brook Littlefield Gardner | |||||
| Nickname | Yappy | |||||
| Born | 1909 Kogarah, New South Wales |
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| Died | 3 September 1999 (age 89) South Hurstville, New South Wales |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Three-quarter back | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1929–35 | St. George | 82 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 130 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1933–34 | City NSW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1933–34 | New South Wales | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1933 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Fred Gardner (1909–1999) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s.
Career
A New South Wales interstate and Australian international representative three-quarter back, he played in the NSWRFL Premiership for the St. George club.[1] His son, Fred Gardner, Jr., was a star player in the Illawarra Rugby League and also had a brief career with St George.
A St. George junior from Hurstville Public School and the Hurstville United club,[2] Gardner commenced his first grade NSWRFL Premiership career in the 1929 season.[3]
Having already represented New South Wales in 1933, 'Yappy' Gardner was selected to tour with the 1933-34 Kangaroos, making his test debut and becoming Kangaroo No. 188.[4] It was against England in the Second Test at Headingley and was Gardner's sole Test appearance. He scored 13 tries in 20 matches on that tour.[5]
Gardner scored eleven tries during the 1934 NSWRFL season, sharing the League's top try-scorer position with Dave Brown and Vic Hey. The following season he played in the record-breaking 91-6 win over NSWRFL newcomers Canterbury-Bankstown. The 1935 NSWRFL season was Gardner's last in first grade.[6]
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