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'''Frank “Chunky” Burge''' (14 August 1894 – 5 July 1958) was one of the greatest [[Rugby league positions#Forwards|forwards]] in the history of rugby league in Australia.<ref>[http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/02/22/Controversy_reigns_as_NRL_releases_top_100_players Century’s Top 100 Players] ''livenews.com.au''</ref> Later Burge became one of the game’s finest coaches. His club career was with [[Glebe (rugby league team)|Glebe]] and the [[St. George Dragons]]. He represented [[New South Wales Rugby League team|New South Wales]] on eighteen occasions and played thirteen test matches for the [[Australia national rugby league team|Kangaroos]] and played for Australia in a further twenty-three tour matches. |
'''Frank “Chunky” Burge''' (14 August 1894 – 5 July 1958) was one of the greatest [[Rugby league positions#Forwards|forwards]] in the history of rugby league in Australia.<ref>[http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/02/22/Controversy_reigns_as_NRL_releases_top_100_players Century’s Top 100 Players] {{wayback|url=http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/02/22/Controversy_reigns_as_NRL_releases_top_100_players |date=20080225164807 |df=y }} ''livenews.com.au''</ref> Later Burge became one of the game’s finest coaches. His club career was with [[Glebe (rugby league team)|Glebe]] and the [[St. George Dragons]]. He represented [[New South Wales Rugby League team|New South Wales]] on eighteen occasions and played thirteen test matches for the [[Australia national rugby league team|Kangaroos]] and played for Australia in a further twenty-three tour matches. |
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==Early years== |
==Early years== |
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==Recognition== |
==Recognition== |
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In 2004 he was admitted into the [[Australian Rugby League]] Hall of Fame.<ref>[http://rl1908.com/Hoffame/index.htm Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame]</ref> |
In 2004 he was admitted into the [[Australian Rugby League]] Hall of Fame.<ref>[http://rl1908.com/Hoffame/index.htm Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame] {{wayback|url=http://rl1908.com/Hoffame/index.htm |date=20080518042953 |df=y }}</ref> |
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In February 2008, Frank Burge was named in the list of Australia's [[List of Australian rugby league's 100 greatest players|''100 Greatest Players'']] (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the [[National Rugby League|NRL]] and [[Australian Rugby League|ARL]] to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=''[[National Rugby League|NRL]] & [[Australian Rugby League|ARL]]''|title=Centenary of Rugby League – The Players |url=http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/the-players.aspx?cat=3&list=true |accessdate=23 February 2008|date=23 February 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Peter Cassidy |publisher=''Macquarie National News''|title=Controversy reigns as NRL releases top 100 players |url=http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/02/22/Controversy_reigns_as_NRL_releases_top_100_players |accessdate=23 February 2008|date=23 February 2008}}</ref> Burge went on to be named as an interchange player in Australian rugby league's ''[[Australian Rugby League's Team of the Century|Team of the Century]]''. Announced on 17 April 2008, the team is the panel's majority choice for each of the thirteen starting positions and four interchange players.<ref>{{cite news|author=Todd Balym|publisher=''Fox Sports Australia''|title=Johns, Meninga among Immortals |url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23557351-23214,00.html |accessdate=17 April 2008|date=17 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=''[[National Rugby League|NRL]] & [[Australian Rugby League|ARL]]''|title=Team of the Century Announced |url=http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/news--reviews/media-releases/team-of-the-century-announced.aspx |accessdate=17 April 2008|date=17 April 2008}}</ref> |
In February 2008, Frank Burge was named in the list of Australia's [[List of Australian rugby league's 100 greatest players|''100 Greatest Players'']] (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the [[National Rugby League|NRL]] and [[Australian Rugby League|ARL]] to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=''[[National Rugby League|NRL]] & [[Australian Rugby League|ARL]]'' |title=Centenary of Rugby League – The Players |url=http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/the-players.aspx?cat=3&list=true |accessdate=23 February 2008 |date=23 February 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226180521/http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/the-players.aspx?cat=3&list=true |archivedate=26 February 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Peter Cassidy |publisher=''Macquarie National News'' |title=Controversy reigns as NRL releases top 100 players |url=http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/02/22/Controversy_reigns_as_NRL_releases_top_100_players |accessdate=23 February 2008 |date=23 February 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225164807/http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/02/22/Controversy_reigns_as_NRL_releases_top_100_players |archivedate=25 February 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> Burge went on to be named as an interchange player in Australian rugby league's ''[[Australian Rugby League's Team of the Century|Team of the Century]]''. Announced on 17 April 2008, the team is the panel's majority choice for each of the thirteen starting positions and four interchange players.<ref>{{cite news|author=Todd Balym|publisher=''Fox Sports Australia''|title=Johns, Meninga among Immortals |url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23557351-23214,00.html |accessdate=17 April 2008|date=17 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=''[[National Rugby League|NRL]] & [[Australian Rugby League|ARL]]'' |title=Team of the Century Announced |url=http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/news--reviews/media-releases/team-of-the-century-announced.aspx |accessdate=17 April 2008 |date=17 April 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5q7ktwQHV?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au%2Fsite%2Fnews--reviews%2Fmedia-releases%2Fteam-of-the-century-announced.aspx |archivedate=31 May 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> |
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In 2008 New South Wales announced their rugby league team of the century, naming Burge at prop.<ref>{{cite web |
In 2008 New South Wales announced their rugby league team of the century, naming Burge at prop.<ref>{{cite web |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130337b.htm Frank Burge at the Online Dictionary of Australian BiographIes] |
*[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130337b.htm Frank Burge at the Online Dictionary of Australian BiographIes] |
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*[http://www.sahof.org.au/hallOfFame/memberProfile/index.php?memberID=347&memberType=athlete Frank Burge biography at Sport Australia Hall of Fame] |
*[http://www.sahof.org.au/hallOfFame/memberProfile/index.php?memberID=347&memberType=athlete Frank Burge biography at Sport Australia Hall of Fame] |
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*[http://www.qrl.com.au/qrl_history/qld_rep_b.php Queensland Representatives at qrl.com.au] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080720065827/http://www.qrl.com.au/qrl_history/qld_rep_b.php Queensland Representatives at qrl.com.au] |
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Weight | 93 kg (14.6 st; 205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frank “Chunky” Burge (14 August 1894 – 5 July 1958) was one of the greatest forwards in the history of rugby league in Australia.[4] Later Burge became one of the game’s finest coaches. His club career was with Glebe and the St. George Dragons. He represented New South Wales on eighteen occasions and played thirteen test matches for the Kangaroos and played for Australia in a further twenty-three tour matches.
Early years
Born on 14 August 1894 in Darlington, New South Wales, Burge was playing first grade rugby union at age 14, the youngest ever to play senior rugby in either code.
Professional playing career
Glebe
Upon switching to the professional New South Wales Rugby Football League, Burge was playing first grade for Glebe at age 16 and was selected for the state at age 18. After his attempt to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force was rejected because of a speech impediment, Burge devoted his energies to rugby league.[5] At 93 kilograms or 14 stone 9 pounds and equally effective anywhere in the forwards from lock to prop, he had the speed of a back to complement his strength and an anticipation that made him a support player without peer. Burge was a teetotaller who was way ahead of his time in observing a strict diet, he used coaching concepts familiar in modern sports psychology and upheld an all-year training regime that continued right through the long Sydney summer off-season. He debuted for Australia in the domestic 1914 Ashes series against Great Britain appearing in all three Tests. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 88.[6] Burge was the New South Wales Rugby Football League’s top try-scorer in 1915, 1916 and 1918 an extremely rare feat in even one year for a forward.
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On the 1919 tour of New Zealand Burge played in all four tests. In the 1920 season, he was the league’s top point scorer. Burge holds the NSWRFL/NSWRL/ARL/NRL record for most tries in a match, scoring eight in a club match for Glebe in 1920. Again in 1920 he appeared in all three Tests of the domestic Ashes series and then was selected on the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain where he played in all three tests and twenty representative tour matches scoring 33 tries in 23 matches, more than any touring forward before or since. Burge's representative record shows him appearing in every single Australian Test match played in the war-interrupted eight-year period between 1914 and 1922. He played 16 seasons and 148 first grade games for Glebe and was club captain for many years. His career tally of 146 first grade tries stood for eighty years as the highest by a forward until Manly-Warringah back rower Steven Menzies broke it in 2004.
St. George
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a0/St_George_Team_1930.jpg/300px-St_George_Team_1930.jpg)
Burge moved to St. George in 1927, retired as a player at the end of that season, and coached the club for a further three seasons. He maintained an average of a try a game for seventeen seasons scoring 218 tries in 213 senior matches with 146 coming from his 154 Sydney first grade matches. That try-scoring tally today stands at eleventh on an all-time list dominated by backs.
Retirement & death
Burge was awarded life membership of the New South Wales Rugby League in 1934.[7]
Burge died suddenly after suffering a heart attack on 5 July 1958, after watching a Newtown versus North Sydney match at Henson Park. A large funeral for Frank was held on 8 July at the The Heads/Middleton reference quotes his colleague and former University rival Dick O'Brien who said on Burge's death in 1958: "May I say, as Anthony did of Caesar: his life was gentle, the elements so mixed in him that nature might stand up and say to all the world "This was a man" '.[8] Woronora Crematorium where he was cremated. He was survived by his wife Millie.[9] Revered Sun Herald sports journalist, Tom Goodwin said of Burge : "I believe Frank Burge was the greatest forward the game has ever produced. Indeed, he may of been the greatest league player ever." [10]
Recognition
In 2004 he was admitted into the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame.[11]
In February 2008, Frank Burge was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.[12][13] Burge went on to be named as an interchange player in Australian rugby league's Team of the Century. Announced on 17 April 2008, the team is the panel's majority choice for each of the thirteen starting positions and four interchange players.[14][15]
In 2008 New South Wales announced their rugby league team of the century, naming Burge at prop.[16]
See also
References
- ^ NRL Stats nrlstats.com.au
- ^ RLP rugbyleagueproject.com
- ^ Yesterday's Hero yesterdayshero.com.au
- ^ Century’s Top 100 Players Template:Wayback livenews.com.au
- ^ Middleton, David (30 September 2013). "Ten of the most dominant seasons in rugby league history from historian David Middleton". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ ARL Annual Report 2005, page 52
- ^ Referee, Sydney. 13/12/1934: Greatest Rugby Forward (page 14)
- ^ A Centenary of Rugby League p110
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald: Death/Funeral Notices. 08/07/1958 (page 20)
- ^ The Sun Herald, Sydney. "Greatest Forward" 06/07/1958 (page 63)
- ^ Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame Template:Wayback
- ^ "Centenary of Rugby League – The Players". NRL & ARL. 23 February 2008. Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
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Sources
- Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League, Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
- Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney
- Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
- Whiticker, Alan & Collis, Ian (2006) The History of Rugby League Clubs, New Holland, Sydney
- Heads, Ian & Middleton, David (2008) A Centenary of Rugby League, MacMillan, Sydney.
- Howell, Max (2005) Born to Lead: Wallaby Test Captains, Celebrity Books, Auckland, NZ.
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