Terry Fahey

Terry Fahey

Personal information
Born	(1954-01-20) 20 January 1954 (age 69) Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 197?–75 Wellington Roosters 1976–80 South Sydney 89 46 28 0 194 1981–82 Eastern Suburbs 47 23 0 0 69 1983–87 Canberra Raiders 54 28 0 0 112 Total 190 97 28 0 375 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1975–84 NSW Country 2 0 0 0 0 1976–82 New South Wales 8 4 0 0 12 1975–81 Australia 3 3 0 0 9
Source: [1] [2]

Terry Fahey (born 20 January 1954 ^[3] ) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Eastern Suburbs Roosters and Canberra Raiders clubs. He was a powerful, hard-running wing.

Background

Fahey was born in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia.

Playing career

Nicknamed the "Redfern Express", Fahey started his football career in the New South Wales country, playing in Western Division's win in the 1974 Amco Cup final over Penrith. ^[4] In 1975, he was selected to represent Country against City. He was also selected to play for Australia in the 1975 World Championship series. His is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 481. ^[5] He left his club Wellington to move to the Sydney competition in 1975 to play for Souths. He went on to play 90 first grade matches for the Rabbitohs in the years 1976-1980 scoring 46 tries and 28 goals for a total of 194 points. In 1981 he joined Easts where he would stay for two seasons. He was the season's leading try scorer in 1981 with fifteen tries. Fahey signed with Canberra in 1983 but damaged bone in his neck caused him to sit out the entire 1985 season. He was playing again in 1986 and remained with the Raiders until the end of the 1987 season, when he retired.

Fahey played three tests for Australia between 1975 and 1981 (scoring three tries) and a total of eight internationals. ^[6] He also played eight games for New South Wales, two being State of Origin matches in 1981 and 1982.

Post playing

Fahey was named on the wing in the NRL's Team of the 1970s when it was announced in 2005. ^[7]

He became involved in breeding and training greyhounds and has since moved on to racehorse training.

Footnotes

1. NRL Stats ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. RLP
3. Gary Lester, ed. (1983). The Sun Book of Rugby League - 1983. Sydney, New South Wales: John Fairfax Marketing. p. 16. ISBN   0-909558-83-3.
4. HILDEBRANDT, Barry (6 May 2008). "Terry Fahey hoping to add to list of sporting achievements". Daily Liberal. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
5. ARL Annual Report 2005, page 55
6. "Legends of League". Wellington Times. Fairfax Media. 24 April 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
7. "1970s team boasts three Immortals" (fee required). AAP Sports News (Australia). 18 August 2005. Retrieved 5 October 2008.^{[ dead link ]}

Sources

• Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. p. 151. ISBN   978-1-877082-93-1.