Joe Gartner
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Full name | Joseph Samuel Gartner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1912 Marrickville, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 February 2002 Wiley Park, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Whiticker/Hudson |
Joseph Samuel Gartner (1912-2002) was an Australian rugby league player of the 1930s and was a dual premiership winner.
Joe Gartner was graded with Newtown in 1931 and went straight into first grade. Gartner was a prolific try scorer during his career, and usually played on the wing. He played five seasons with Newtown Jets between 1931-1935, which included winning a premiership with them in 1933. He then moved to Canterbury-Bankstown and played six seasons with tem between 1936-1941. He won a further premiership with Canterbury in 1938 and he scored two tries in that match.[1] He was the father of another Canterbury-Bankstwon legend, Ray Gartner.
Joe Gartner died on 1 February 2002, aged 90.[2]