Ted Goodwin

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Ted Goodwin
Personal information
Full nameEdward John Goodwin
Born (1951-08-04) 4 August 1951 (age 73)
Crows Nest, Australia
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre, Fullback, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1972–78 St George Dragons 11652822322
1979 Newtown Jets 61105
1980–82 Western Suburbs Magpies 2440113
Total14657833340
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1972–76 New South Wales 91004
1972–73 Australia 42006
Relatives Bronx Goodwin (son)
Bryson Goodwin (son)
Luke Goodwin (son)
Joel Reddy (son-in-law)

Ted "Lord" Goodwin (born 4 August 1951) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer in the NSWRL competition. Goodwin played for the St George Dragons, Newtown Jets and Western Suburbs Magpies as well as representing for Country and New South Wales and Australia.

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Career

Goodwin was born in Sydney suburb Crows Nest to New Zealand immigrants. His father was an Anglo-New Zealander and his mother was a Māori. A Dapto High School junior, Goodwin had a long and eventful club career. He signed with St George Dragons in 1972 after coming to talent scouts' attention when representing for Country from the Dapto club. Wildly unpredictable but extraordinarily gifted player, Ted Goodwin played seven seasons for the St George Dragons between 1972 and 1978, the high point probably being a part of the winning 1977 Grand Final team. [1]

St George Dragons, 1972-1978

A hugely popular player and a St George 'favorite son', Goodwin played in three first grade Grand Finals with St George: the 1975 loss to Eastern Suburbs, the 1977 9–9 draw with Parramatta and the subsequent replay, won by St George, 22–0. [2] In the drawn 1977 match he scored one of the best tries ever seen in a Grand Final when he regathered the ball after a great chip and chase and grounded it just before the dead-ball line, knocking himself unconscious in the process when his face smacked the hard Sydney Cricket Ground surface. He took no further part in the match but backed up the following week to kick six goals and a field-goal in the replay. Ted was nicknamed 'Lord Ted' by the late St George legend Len Kelly in the early 1970s and the Goodwin is still remembered as 'Lord Ted' today. [3]

1979-1982

Goodwin played his final season with the St George Dragons in 1978, had a one-season stay at Newtown Jets in 1979 and resurrected his career as a tough, dynamic forward with the Roy Masters coached Western Suburbs Magpies sides of 1980–1982. He was later named in the Western Suburbs Magpies Team of the Eighties. [4] He finished his playing days in New South Wales Country Rugby League with stints as captain-coach at Parkes and Forbes in Group 11 and also with the Willagee Bears in 1989–90 in the Western Australian Rugby League competition.

Representative career

Having earlier represented for Country from Dapto, Goodwin made eight state appearances for New South Wales during his St George years. In 1972 he made his national representative debut as a reserve in the second Test against New Zealand. He was selected on the 1973 Kangaroo tour led by his club captain Graeme Langlands. Goodwin appeared in six minor tour matches and on the wing in a Test match against Great Britain and in two against France. He scored seven tries on the tour, two in the first French Test. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.463. [5]

Post-playing

Goodwin went on to become a graded referee in Perth and up until 2001 held a position as Development Officer with the Western Australian Rugby League. He was instrumental in schools development of the code in Western Australia in the 1990s. In 2002 he was a referee for junior rugby league in Sydney's Sutherland Shire refereeing the 13B's Grand Final at Endeavour Field. [2]

Sons

Three of Goodwin's six sons, Luke, Bronx, and Bryson, played first grade rugby league in Australia. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ted Goodwin: Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  2. 1 2 "Lord ted took the S route to glory". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 August 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2007.
  3. ↑ Whiticker/Hudson "The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players (1995 Edition) ( ISBN   1875169571)
  4. ↑ "VEST, KEATO, COGGER ALL HONOURED". weststigers.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  5. ↑ ARL Annual Report, 2005. page 55
  6. ↑ "Shark completes family quad-trick". Fox Sports News (Australia). 22 August 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2007.
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