Joe Gartner
Australian rugby league footballer
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| Full name | Joseph Samuel Gartner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1912-01-16)16 January 1912 Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 February 2002(2002-02-01) (aged 90) Wiley Park, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Samuel Gartner (1912–2002) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and was a dual premiership winner.
Playing career
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 between 1931 and 1935, which included winning a premiership with them in 1933. He then moved to Canterbury-Bankstown and played six seasons with them between 1936 and 1941. He won a further premiership with Canterbury in 1938 and he scored two tries in that match.[2] He was the father of another Canterbury-Bankstown legend, Ray Gartner.[3]
Gartner died on 1 February 2002, aged 90.[4]
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Newtown squad - 1933 NSWRFL Premiers (2nd title)
- 1. Tom Ellis
- 2. Joe Gartner
- 3. S. "Alf" Griffiths
- 4. Frank Gilmore
- 5. George Braybrook
- 6. Keith Ellis (c)
- 7. Hans Mork
- 8. Clarrie Tupper
- 9. Clarrie Stevenson
- 10. Henry Porter
- 11. Alf Smith
- 12. Les Bull
- 13. Jack Thornton
- Coach: Charles Russell
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