Garry Dowling

Garry Dowling
Personal information
Full name Garry William Dowling
Born (1952-11-07)7 November 1952
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died 5 March 1983(1983-03-05) (aged 30)
Mount Tamborine, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight .88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Position Fullback, Wing

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1971–78 Canterbury Bulldogs 113 39 22 1 162
1979–80 Parramatta Eels 37 23 0 0 69
1981 Western Suburbs Magpies 19 5 0 0 15
Total 169 67 22 1 246
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1981 New South Wales 1 0 0 0 0
1980 Australia 2 0 0 0 0
As of 3 October 2010

Garry William Dowling was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

He played eight seasons of club football and 113 first grade games for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs between 1971-1978,[1] two seasons at the Parramatta Eels between 1979-1980, and one season Western Suburbs Magpies in 1981. A talented fullback, Garry Dowling represented New South Wales in 1975 and 1980 and for the Australian national side in two tests against New Zealand, also in 1980 of which he was named 'Player of the Series'. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.525.[2] He played at fullback in Canterbury-Bankstown's grand final loss to Easts in 1974.

Garry Dowling died in a car accident near Mount Tamborine on 5 March 1983.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gary Dowling". Bulldogs Rugby League Club. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ↑ ARL Annual Report 2005, page55
  3. ↑ Clarkson, Alan (7 March 1983). "Dowling dies in car crash". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 32. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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