James Burlton Mathews (1 June 1968 – 24 December 1992) was an Australian rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition.
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| Full name | James Burlton Mathews | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 June 1968 Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 December 1992 (aged 24) Jugiong, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 13 February 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mathews attended the Yanco Agricultural College, before being signed by the Illawarra Steelers rugby league side in 1988 where he played until joining the Eastern Suburbs club in 1992. Mathews also headed the Roosters points scoring list that year. His career goal kicking average was 71.89%.
The promising young centre was killed in a car accident on 24 December 1992. He died instantly after apparently losing control of his car and hitting another car head-on, on the Hume Highway near Canberra.[2] The Sydney Roosters now name their Club Player of the year in his honour.
References
edit- ^ RLP
- ^ "Drivers urged to keep their road sense". The Canberra Times. 26 December 1992. p. 3. Retrieved 20 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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