VALE 2019

KEN McCROHON 1932-September 30, 2018 Born in the northern NSW tablelands town of Tingha, McCrohon played his early football with Armidale and represented Country Seconds against City and Northern Division against Puig Aubert’s touring French side in 1951 before heading to Brisbane’s Western Suburbs in 1954. He helped Wests to a 35-18 grand final victory over Brothers in his first season and in 1956 played the first of seven interstate matches for Queensland. He was Australia’s fullback in the first Test against the touring New Zealand side of 1956 but despite Australia’s 12-9 victory in a tryless match at the SCG, McCrohon lost his place to goal-kicking ace Gordon Clifford for the second. After a stint as player-coach with Kempsey, McCrohon was signed by Redcliffe as playercoach and helped guide the Dolphins…

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Official Rugby League Annual (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2019

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