Billy Johnstone

Billy Johnstone
Personal information
Born Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 80 kg (12 st 8 lb)
Position Hooker

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–?? Souths Magpies 8?
1983–86 Canterbury Bulldogs 81 8 0 0 32
1987 St. George Dragons 22 0 0 0 0
1988–90 Gold Coast Giants 61 7 0 0 28
Total 15 0 0 60
Source: [1]

Billy Johnstone (born in Cunnamulla, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for the Canterbury Bulldogs, St. George Dragons and the Gold Coast Chargers. Billy also has a very strong history and family background in boxing having 27 bouts winning 21 and 6 losses.[2]

Johnston won the Brisbane Rugby League premiership with Souths in 1981.

Johnstone played in the 1982 Brisbane Rugby League grand final for Souths against Wynnum-Manly.[3] He played at hooker in Canterbury's 1985 Grand Final victory.

Johnstone was also appointed the inaugural captain of the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants. He later became the club's recruitment manager.

After retirement, Johnstone has become a highly regarded Strength and Conditioning Coach in the NRL. He worked with the North Queensland Cowboys from 2002 to 2006 before moving to the newly established Gold Coast Titans. The North Queensland club however have again offered Billy a deal he couldn't turn down. In July 2008, he was granted a release from the Gold Coast Titans and has signed a three-year deal with the North Queensland Cowboys, beginning in 2009. Billy Jonstone also is currently operating as a personal trainer from a local gym in Townsville, Queensland named 'The Zoo Health & Fitness, where he trains intermediate to advanced members and uses his Strength & Conditioning knowledge to good value. https://web.archive.org/web/20111127183212/http://www.thezoohf.com.au/zoo/staffprofiles.html

Professional Boxing Titles

Billy Johnstone
Statistics
Weight(s) Super welterweight
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Nationality Australian
Born (1959-06-15) June 15, 1959
Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 27
Wins 21
Wins by KO 12
Losses 6
Draws 0
  • Australia - Queensland State middleweight title (156½Ibs)
  • Australia - Queensland State super welterweight title (154Ibs)

References

  1. ↑ RLP
  2. ↑ "Billy Johnstone". BoxRec. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  3. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u2oRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r-cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3957,353610


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