- Russel Gartner
Russel Gartner is an
Australia n formerrugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s. He came from a family with a strong rugby league background with his father Jim and uncle Clive playing for theCanterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs , and his cousinDaniel Gartner playing for Manly-Warringah and representing Australia. A tall three-quarter, Russel started playing first grade in theNew South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1975 with the Manly-Warringah club. The following year he was part of the Sea Eagles' premiership-winning side. In 1977 Gartner was the League's top try-scorer and at the end of the season played for Australia in the1977 World Cup . In the final against a strong Great Britain side he scored a spectacular 65-metre solo try which was a catalyst to Australia's eventual victorycite web
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External links
* [http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Russel-Gartner_3230.aspx Russel Gartner at yesterdayshero.com.au]
* [http://rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Russel_Gartner.html Russel Gartner at rugbyleagueproject.com]
* [http://www.nrlstats.com/archive/players.cfm?PlayerID=114 Russel Gartner at nrlstats.com]
* [http://stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/players/Russel_Gartner.html Russel Gartner at stats.rleague.com]
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