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Born | 6 October 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 December 2003(2003-12-17) (aged 65) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lloyd Weier (1938–2003) was an Australian professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 1960s. AQueensland state andAustralia national representative forward, he played his club football in theBrisbane Rugby League premiership forNorths and in theNSWRFL Premiership forNorth Sydney
Weier had played forBundaberg andGympie before joining theBrisbane Rugby League premiership with theNorthern Suburbs club.[1] With them he won the 1961grand final againstBrothers.[2] The following year Weier played one match forQueensland againstNew South Wales.[3]
Weier joined theNew South Wales Rugby Football League premiership club North Sydney in 1964. He becoming Kangaroo No. 378[4] when selected to go on Australia's 1965 tour of New Zealand and playing twoTest matches. He also was selected to play in theCity New South Wales rugby league team the following year. After six seasons with North Sydney Weier retired at the end of the1969 NSWRFL season.
In 2008 Weier was named in the front row of theNorths Devils' 75-year anniversary greatest ever side.[5]