Dale Puren

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Dale Puren
Personal information
Full nameDale Francis Puren
Born (1933-02-12) 12 February 1933 (age 91)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1953 Western Suburbs 101003
1955–59 South Sydney 5030270144
1961 North Sydney 92006
Total6933270153
Source: [1]

Dale Puren (born February 12, 1933) is an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s for North Sydney, South Sydney and Western Suburbs as a winger.

Playing career

Puren made his first grade debut for Western Suburbs in 1953 and played 10 games for the club before switching to South Sydney. In 1955, Puren won a premiership with Souths in his first year at the club as they defeated Newtown 12-11 in the grand final. By this stage, Souths had already claimed 4 premiership victories in the 1950s but were unable to add to that tally losing preliminary finals in 1956 and 1957 with Puren being a member of those squads. After most of the Souths stars had retired or moved on, the club went through a period of decline but Puren stayed loyal to the team playing with the side until the end of 1959. In 1961, Puren joined North Sydney and played one season for the club making 9 appearances scoring two tries before retiring. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dale Puren- Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ↑ Presnell, Max (19 May 2008). "Big Jack Rayner the man was even bigger than his legend". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ↑ "South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Player Report - Dale Puren". www.ssralmanac.com.
  4. ↑ "The Miracle of 55". South Sydney Rabbitohs.[ permanent dead link ]
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