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| Full name | Ronald George Rowles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1928-02-12)12 February 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 June 2017(2017-06-03) (aged 89) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Peter Rowles (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ron Rowles (12 February 1928 inWollongong, New South Wales–3 June 2017) was an Australianrugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, he was a goal-kickingwing whose club career was played with theManly-Warringah for whom he set a number of point-scoring records in the 1950s.[1]
Originally a Wollongong / Illawarra junior, Ron Rowles was to become one of the greatest point scorers for Sydney'sManly-Warringah club. He played inManly's maiden grand final in1951 and played five first grade seasons with the club between 1950–1954.
He was the first Manly player to top 100 points in a season and was the season's leading point-scorer in four successive years;1951 (11t, 83g - 199 pts),1952 (8t, 77g - 178 pts),1953 (8t, 64g - 152 pts) and1954 (13t, 92g - 223 pts).[2]
He scored a club record 30 points (4t, 9g) in a match against Canterbury in 1954. He starred in a Possibles vs. Probables trial for the 1948-49 Kangaroos, but it was 'a travesty that he never played for his state or Australia'.[3]
He was the second highest point scorer inManly-Warringah Sea Eagles history, scoring 842 points during his career at the club.
Ron Rowles was the father of the formerrugby union andrugby league footballerPeter Rowles.