Ross Lindsay Birrell (17 December 1948 - 16 March 2015) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
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| Full name | Ross Lindsay Birrell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 March 2015 (aged 66) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Fullback, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editBorn in 1948, Birrell started out as rugby union player and toured overseas with the Emerging Wallabies team, before making the switch to rugby league.[2]
Birrell was a member of South Sydney's first-grade team from 1972 to 1975, playing as a centre, fullback and winger. Occasionally he served as the team's goalkicker and amassed 17-points in a win over Balmain in 1972.[3] During his time at South Sydney he also had a stint in England with Hull Kingston Rovers.[4]
In 1976 he left South Sydney to coach the Wagga Magpies.[5]
Birrell died from cancer in 2015, at the age of 66. A real estate agent, he was the founder of Thornton Realty in Maitland, which he had established in 1996.[6]
References
edit- ^ Collis, Ian (2018). The A to Z of Rugby League Players. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781921024986.
- ^ "Ross L. Birrell". ESPNscrum.
- ^ "South Sydney into finals". The Canberra Times. 14 August 1972. p. 15. Retrieved 2 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Birrell joins Rovers RL club". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 August 1973.
- ^ "Brentnall in Wagga line-up at Seiffert". The Canberra Times. 12 February 1976. p. 22. Retrieved 2 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Norris, Sam (30 March 2015). "Obituary: Real estate industry bids farewell to Rossco". The Maitland Mercury.
External links
edit- Ross Birrell at Rugby League project