Kevin Considine
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| Full name | Kevin William Considine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Winger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kevin William Considine was an Australian rugby league player from the 1950s.
Career
Kevin Considine started his career as a Canterbury junior from the Lakemba J.R.L.F.C. and was graded with the Newtown Jets in 1951. He went on to play nine seasons of first grade between 1952-1960 at Newtown, and was a prolific point scorer. He played 138 games for Newtown and scored 87 tries, kicked 93 goals for a total of 447 points. Considine scored 22 tries in 1954 and built up a great wing partnership with Ray Preston during this era. Kevin Considine played in the 1954 Grand Final and the 1955 Grand Final. He finished his first grade career at Parramatta Eels in 1961, although he returned to Newtown Jets in 1968 as a committeeman, and was later secretary-manager of Newtown League Club. He remained in the club/hotel industry for much of his working life. [1]
References
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encycopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)