Perry Haddock

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Perry Haddock
Personal information
Full namePerry Haddock
Born (1959-04-20) 20 April 1959 (age 62)
Erina, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position Halfback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1981–83 Cronulla Sharks 44123043
1984–86 St. George 58120149
1987–88 Illawarra Steelers 3660125
1989 St. George 10000
Total1393032117
Source: Whiticker/Hudson Rugby League Project

Perry Haddock (born 20 April 1959) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s.

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Professional career

Originally from Erina, New South Wales, Perry Haddock was a halfback for three clubs during his eight-year career. He played three seasons with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks between 1981 and 1983, then switched to the St. George Dragons for three seasons between 1984 and 1986. He starred for Dragons during this period, and he played in the 1985 Grand Final.

In 1987, Haddock switched clubs again, this time to the Illawarra Steelers and stayed for two seasons.

Perry Haddock was one of the shortest halfbacks in modern day rugby league, standing at 1.67 metres, but he is remembered as one of the great club halfbacks of his era. [1]

After retirement

Haddock coached the Dragons Jersey Flegg Cup team in the early 1990s. It was during this time that he developed Oztag. [2]

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References

  1. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ( ISBN   1875169571).
  2. Josh Massoud (26 February 2014). "National Rugby League deep in negotiations to strike historic partnership with OzTag". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 September 2015.