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Courtney, Ted; 1st Grade No: 37
Topic Started: Feb 25 2008, 10:57 PM (862 Views)
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TED COURTNEY

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POSITION: Prop

CLUBS: Newtown 1908; Western Suburbs 1909, 1911-24; North Sydney 1910. TESTS: 11 (1908-14). NSW: 35 (1907-19)

If there was one word that sums up 'Tedda' Courtney, it is 'persistence'. He never relented when on the football field, and his first-class rugby league career extended from 1908 - 1924, culminating in him playing alongside his son at Western Suburbs in his final season.

Courtney played against the All Golds in 1907, and from the 1908 Kangaroos tour to the visit of the British Lions in 1914 - an era that saw many famous names come and go - Courtney was the cornerstone of Australia's Test-match packs. Already having made two Kangaroos tours to Great Britian, had the war not intervened, there is no doubt his representative career would have extended towards a decade.

A hard and resolute front-rower with Newtown, Norths and Wests, Courtney had a propensity to tackle opponents by launching his body in ferocious dives at their legs. Far from being a dour or stoic forward though, Courtney could readily find the tryline following up in support. On the 1908-09 Kangaroo tour he was leading try-getter among the forwards, crossing 10 times. On both counts, Courtney's forward play pleased the fans, and he was a particularly popular footballer in Sydney and the north of England.

Perhaps the greatest indication of his rightful standing in the annals of the game comes from Daily Messenger, who in 1940 nominated Courtney alongside Frank Burge as two forwards he would most want to play alongside.


In 2004, Ted Courtney was named in the Western Suburbs Team of the Century.
In 2008, Ted Courtney was named as one of Australia's 100 Greatest Rugby League Players.
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