Terry Fearnley

Terry Fearnley was a rugby league player and later coach in the Australian competition the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL).

Fearnley was a long serving member of the Eastern Suburbs club, playing 144 matches for them at a bleak period in that clubs existence. Injury kept him out of the 1960 grand final, one of the few successful years the Roosters enjoyed in that period. The front rower however was selected to represent his state, New South Wales that season.

Following his retirement from the game as as a player, Fearnley enjoyed a successful coaching career, taking Parramatta to their first ever grand final in 1976 and again in 1977. He was the first successful New South Wales State of Origin coach and also coached Australia.

References

* The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League players; Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson