- Elton Rasmussen
Infobox rugby league biography
playername = Elton Rasmussen
fullname = Elton Rasmussen
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dateofbirth = 1937
placeofbirth =
countryofbirth =
dateofdeath = December 1978
placeofdeath =Toowoomba
countryofdeath = Australia
height =
weight =
position = Rlp|PR, Rlp|SR
club1 = Toowoomba All-whites
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year1end =
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club2 = St. George
year2start = 1962
year2end = 1968
appearances2 = 126
tries2 = 21
goals2 = 49
fieldgoals2 = 0
points2 = 161
club3 = Souths (Brisbane)
year3start = 1969
year3end =
appearances3 =
tries3 =
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teamA = Queensland
yearAstart = 1959
yearAend = 1969
appearancesA = 13
triesA = 0
goalsA = 3
fieldgoalsA = 0
pointsA = 6
teamB = New South Wales
yearBstart = 1962
yearBend = 1968
appearancesB = 7
triesB = 0
goalsB = 0
fieldgoalsB = 0
pointsB = 0
teamC = Australia
yearCstart = 1959
yearCend = 1968
appearancesC = 15
triesC = 0
goalsC = 0
fieldgoalsC = 0
pointsC = 0
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new = yesElton Rasmussen (1937 - 1978) was an
Australia nrugby league footballer of the 1950s and 60s. He was a second-row forward with theSt. George Dragons during the second-half of their 11 year consecutive premiership winning run from 1956 to 1966. He was a representative in the Australian national team from 1959 to 1962 and from 1967 to 1968.Rasmussen was playing for Toowoomba when first selected for Queensland in 1959. He was picked on the 1959-60
Kangaroo tour and made his Test debut in that Ashes series against Great Britain. He played in two Tests and fifteen minor matches on tour. Later in 1960 he played in all three Tests of the domestic series against France.He relocated to New South Wales and joined St George in 1962. He played 122 games for St George till 1968 and played in five winning successive Grand Finals from 1962 to 1966, the first at lock and the rest in the second-row.
He represented again for Australia in 1962 against Great Britain, made a second
Kangaroo tour in 1967 playing in all six Tests and twelve minor touring matches. His final national appearances were in the 1968 World Cup where he appeared in one pool match and in Australia's victory in the final over France.He captain-coached Brisbane Souths in 1969 and again earned Queensland representative honours in that year.
He died in 1978 from at heart attack at Greenmount near
Toowoomba, Queensland .ources
* Writer, Larry (1995) "Never Before, Never Again", Pan MacMillan, Sydney
* Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) "The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players", Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
* [http://www.qrl.com.au/qrl_history/qld_rep_r.php Queensland Representatives at qrl.com.au]
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