Ray Gartner
Australian rugby league footballer
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Full name | Raymond William Gartner | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1934-01-12)12 January 1934 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 January 1983(1983-01-24) (aged 49) Greenacre, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Raymond William Gartner (1934-1983) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1950s and 1960s.
Playing career
Gartner had a long and successful career at Canterbury-Bankstown, playing eleven seasons and over 200 grade games between 1953-1964. He also captained the N.S.W. Colts against Great Britain in 1954. He was the son of Newtown and Canterbury legend, Joe Gartner.[1]
Gartner died from leukemia on 24 January 1983, aged only 49.[2]