Ken Gittins (born 18 January 1966) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Penrith Panthers and the Brisbane Broncos in the late 1980s.
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| Full name | Kenneth Gittins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 1966 Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 5 lb (85 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A winger, Gittins won a Brisbane Rugby League premiership with Souths Magpies in 1985. From 1987 to 1988 he played first-grade for Penrith, then in 1989 was reunited with his former Souths Magpies coach Wayne Bennett at the Brisbane Broncos.[2]
References
edit- ^ Collis, Ian (2018). The A to Z of Rugby League Players. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781921024986.
- ^ "Penrith reject replaces Bronco". The Canberra Times. 24 March 1989. p. 22. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
External links
edit- Ken Gittens at Rugby League project