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Bernie Drew

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Bernie Drew
Personal information
Born(1927-10-16)16 October 1927
Died12 August 2010(2010-08-12) (aged 82)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row / Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1947–50 Newtown Jets 43 7 0 0 21
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1951–55 Queensland 21 8 0 0 24
1951–53 Australia 3 0 0 0 0

Bernie Drew (16 October 1927 – 12 August 2010) was an Australian rugby league player.

A second-rower and lock, Drew came into the Newtown Jets first-grade side in 1947 as a local junior. He left in 1949 to take up a player-coaching role with North Queensland club Proserpine, then returned to Newtown the following year for more season, before moving to Bundaberg to coach Brothers.[1]

Drew was a second-rower in the Queensland state side from 1951 to 1955. He played for Australia in the 2nd and 3rd Test matches of a home series against France, replacing second-rower Harold Crocker, who had been shifted to lock after Noel Mulligan got injured.[2] In 1953, Drew toured New Zealand with the national team and was their top-scoring forward with 31-points, but featured in only the third of the three Test matches.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Playing Coach". The Proserpine Guardian. 18 February 1949. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Drew Replaces Noel Mulligan". Daily Mercury. 29 June 1951. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Kangaroos Score 366 On N.Z. Tour". The Northern Star. 20 July 1953.
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