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| Born | (1961-10-20)20 October 1961 Sydney,New South Wales,Australia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 September 2014(2014-09-24) (aged 52) Sydney, Australia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth, Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Greg "Bluey" Mackey (20 October 1961 – 24 September 2014) was an Australian professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. Mackey played at club level forSouth Sydney Rabbitohs for three seasons between 1980 and 1983,Illawarra Steelers for five seasons between 1984 and 1988,[3]Paris Châtillon XIII,Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs for one season in 1989,Warrington (twice),Huddersfield andHull FC, usually as afive-eighth orhalfback,[2] and wasCaptain of Hull during the1990–91 and1991–92 seasons.[4]
Mackey playedscrum-half inWarrington's 24–16 victory overOldham in the1989 Lancashire Cup Final during the1989–90 season atKnowsley Road,St. Helens on Saturday 14 October 1989.
Between 1992 and 1995, Mackey made a club record 98 consecutive appearances for Warrington.[5]
Mackey played in Warrington's 0–24 defeat byAustralia on the1994 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France atWilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Wednesday 9 November 1994.
Mackey playedscrum-half inWarrington's 10–40 defeat byWigan in the1994–95 Regal Trophy Final during the1994–95 season atAlfred McAlpine Stadium,Huddersfield on Saturday 28 January 1995.[6]
Mackey playedscrum-half, wascaptain, and wasman of the match, winning theHarry Sunderland Trophy inHull FC's 14–4 victory over Widnes in thePremiership Final during the1990–91 season atOld Trafford,Manchester on Sunday 12 May 1991.[2]
Mackey was diagnosed with bowel cancer in December 2011. He died after suffering a heart attack on 24 September 2014, aged 52.[7]
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