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The Mortimer brothers are Rugby league footballers from Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia: Chris Mortimer, Peter Mortimer and Steve Mortimer. The brothers are best known for their relationship with the Canterbury-Bankstown Rugby League Football Club in the New South Wales Rugby League competition from the mid 1970s to the current day as players and administrators.
The three brothers played together in four grand finals for Canterbury and all represented New South Wales; Chris and Steve going on to represent Australia. All three Mortimer brothers are life members of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Football Club. Chris and Steve are inductees into the Riverina Sporting Hall of Fame.[1]
1979 Grandfinal, all 3 brothers scored in a historic performance for the mortimers.
A younger brother, Glen Mortimer played 26 first grade games for Cronulla between 1983-87 after starting out in the Bulldogs lower grades.
References
- ^ "Sporting Hall of Fame: Inductees". City of Wagga Wagga. http://www.wagga.nsw.gov.au/www/html/493-inductees.asp. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
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