Les Johns
Personal information | ||||||
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Full name | Leslie Howard Johns | |||||
Nickname | Golden Boy | |||||
Born | Newcastle, New South Wales |
22 July 1942 |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Fullback | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
Souths (Newcastle) | ||||||
1963–71 | Canterbury-Bankstn. | 103 | 14 | 233 | 19 | 545 |
Total | 103 | 14 | 233 | 19 | 545 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1962–69 | New South Wales | 16 | 3 | 74 | 3 | 163 |
1963–69 | Australia | 14 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 66 |
Source: RLP and Yesterday's Hero |
Les Johns (born 1942 in Newcastle, New South Wales) was an Australian champion rugby league player of the 1960s and early 1970s .
Club career
Les Johns started his career at Newcastle's Souths club.
He then played 9 seasons for the Canterbury-Bankstown club between 1963-1971.He scored 14 tries and 233 goals and 19 field goals for the Bulldogs during his career.
He has been named among the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.[1] He was a blond-headed fullback of considerable flair and on his day could be one of the most brilliant attacking and defensive players in the game.
He was forced to retire from Rugby League in 1971 due to chronic knee injuries.
Representative career
Johns played sixteen games for the New South Wales rugby league team between 1962-1969. He represented Australia on 14 occasions between 1963-1969, first touring with the 1963/64 Kangaroos.
He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.382.[2]
Accolades
In February 2008, Johns was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.[3]
He was made a life member of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2011.[4]
In 2010 Johns was also named in a South Newcastle team of the century.[5]
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