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Terry Hill
Personal information
Full nameTerry Hill
Born(1972-01-22)22 January 1972
Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
Died24 April 2024(2024-04-24) (aged 52)
Philippines
Playing information
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
PositionCentre, Five-eighth, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1990 South Sydney 9 2 0 0 8
1991 Eastern Suburbs 13 8 0 0 32
1992–93 Western Suburbs 33 7 0 0 28
1994–99 Manly Sea Eagles 126 61 0 0 244
2000–03 Wests Tigers 49 8 0 0 32
2005 Manly Sea Eagles 16 3 0 0 12
Total 246 89 0 0 356
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1993–97 City Origin 5 3 0 0 12
1993–00 New South Wales 14 0 0 0 0
1994–98 Australia 9 8 0 0 32
Source: [1]

Terry Hill (22 January 1972 – 24 April 2024) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre in the 1990s and 2000s. He played in the NRL for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs Magpies, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Wests Tigers as well as representative football for New South Wales and Australia. He is also well known for his promotional television work with Lowes Menswear. He was also very passionate about his greyhounds as an owner and a supporter of the industry.

Playing career[edit]

Hill became embroiled in the "External and Internal Draft" system in the 1991 season when, after agreeing to a playing and employment deal with the Western Suburbs Magpies, he was drafted from the Internal Draft pool by Eastern Suburbs. Hill's initial appeal was overturned and he eventually agreed to a three-year contract with Easts. By the end of 1991 the High Court had overturned the draft system and in 1992 Hill was given a release and he was able to move on to Western Suburbs Magpies.[2]

Hill moved to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in 1994. At the end of the 1994 NSWRL season, he went on the 1994 Kangaroo tour. He was the season's top try-scorer in the ARL half of 1997's split competition.

At the beginning of 2004, Hill had signed for another season with the South Sydney Rabbitohs but a groin injury during pre-season training caused him to retire. By the end of the year, Hill was training once more with another former club, Manly-Warringah. He went on to make 16 appearances for Manly in the 2005 season.

Hill was called out of retirement in 2006 to play rugby union for the Central Coast Waves. He suffered a knee injury during the Grand Final of the NSW Country Caldwell Cup and was unable to take any part in the Waves' 2006 Shute Shield campaign.

Representative career[edit]

Hill was selected to represent New South Wales in State of Origin series as a centre in six series:

Hill earned selection for the Australian national team on nine occasions from 1994 to 1998, scoring eight tries. He was a 1994 Kangaroo Tourist before playing in his first international against New Zealand in 1995. Hill was reported for head-butting in this match and was suspended for four weeks, missing the following two tests.

Career highlights[edit]

Television career[edit]

Hill regularly appeared in television advertisements for Lowes Menswear. He was a regular contributer to Channel Nine's The Footy Show in the 1990s. Hill quit the program in 1998 claiming he wanted to focus on his football career.[3]

Coaching career[edit]

Following his retirement from professional rugby league, Hill has been coaching teams in the New South Wales Country Rugby League. Formerly with the Umina Bunnies, he was appointed head coach at the Kincumber Rugby League Football Club in the Central Coast Division for 2008.[4]

Controversies[edit]

In 1994 Hill was selected on the Kangaroo touring squad for England. Shortly before the squad departed Australia, Hill was charged with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on an ABC radio producer, Tony Twiss, and his friend Peter Krahe, in September. The charges related to an incident outside the Woollahra Hotel when Twiss and Krahe intervened in an incident involving Hill and his wife Tracey. There was discussion whether Hill would be dropped from the tour but ARL executive chairman Ken Arthurson ultimately ruled that Hill was innocent until found guilty and allowed him to tour.[5][6]

Hill pled not guilty in January 1995[7] and the trial took place in June.[8][9] In September, Hill was found guilty of the charges. He was fined $1,000 and put on a two-year good behaviour bond.[10][11] Later that month Hill played in the 1995 grand final and was selected in the Australian squad for the 1995 World Cup.[12]

In February 1997 Hill faced Manly Court on a drink driving offence. He was presented as a man of good character despite these two convictions. This resulted in an internal review ordered by Police Commissioner Peter Ryan. It was revealed that Hill had not been fingerprinted when arrested in September 1994 which is why the charges did not show up on his record.[13]

Personal life and death[edit]

Hill was born in Newtown, New South Wales, Australia. He had three children with his first wife, Tracey Benson.[14][15]

Hill died of a suspected heart attack while holidaying in the Philippines, on 24 April 2024, at the age of 52.[16][17]

References[edit]

  • Matt Logue (12 March 2008). "Legend Q&A". Rugby League Week. pp. 38–391.

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ "Terry Hill - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ^ Stewart, Bob (2007). The Games Are Not the Same:The Political Economy of Football in Australia. Melbourne University Press Academic Monograph Series. ISBN 978-0-522-85366-7.
  3. ^ Weidler, Danny (18 April 1998). "Test rep terry off the air". Sydney Sun Herald. p. 107.
  4. ^ "Hill delighted at new challenge". Central Coast Express Advocate. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2007. [dead link]
  5. ^ Harvey, Sandra; Cowley, Michael (28 September 1994). "Charged RL player remains in squad". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Test player charged". The Canberra Times. Vol. 70, no. 21, 714. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 September 1994. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Not guilty plea". The Canberra Times. Vol. 70, no. 21, 831. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 January 1995. p. 4. Retrieved 24 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Producer admits anger over tour selection". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 1995. p. 9.
  9. ^ "League star faces court". The Canberra Times. Vol. 70, no. 21, 966. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 June 1995. p. 19. Retrieved 24 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "League star Hill guilty". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 September 1995. p. 8.
  11. ^ "Hill fined for assault". The Canberra Times. Vol. 71, no. 22, 059. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 September 1995. p. 3. Retrieved 24 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ Mascord, Steve (25 September 1995). "Super cub snub". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 47.
  13. ^ "Police exonerated over 'missing' assaults". Sun Herald. 25 May 1997. p. 98.
  14. ^ Dixon, Andrea (22 February 1998). "Sea Eagle wants bigger nest". Sydney Sun Herald. p. 60.
  15. ^ Weidler, Danny (2 August 1998). "Family illness hits Hill". Sydney Sun Herald. p. 91.
  16. ^ Eder, Billie; Decent, Tom (24 April 2024). "Terry Hill dies aged 52". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  17. ^ Snape, Jack (24 April 2024). "Terry Hill: Australian rugby league mourns death of cult hero aged 52". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

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