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Laidley Burge

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Laidley Burge
Personal information
Full nameLaidley Burge
Born4 Dec 1896
Sydney
Died17 September 1990
Gold Coast, Queensland
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1916–22 Glebe 64 9 11 0 49
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1919 Metropolis 1 0 1 0 2
Source: [1]
As of 6 May 2020

Laidley Burge (1896–1990) was a rugby league footballer in New South Wales during the 1910s and 1920s.

Playing career

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Burge played seven seasons and 64 first grade games for the Glebe Dirty Reds between 1916 and 1922, many of them alongside his brother Frank Burge.

He and Frank formed a front-row partnership in the Glebe side that contested the 1922 NSWRL Grand final against North Sydney which Glebe lost 35-3 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He retired from rugby league after that game.

The Burge family

Death

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Burge died on 17 September 1990, age 93 at his home at Gold Coast, Queensland and was the last of the famous Burge brothers to die.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Laidley Burge - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.

Sources

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  • Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League, Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
  • Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney
  • Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
  • Whiticker, Alan & Collis, Ian (2006) The History of Rugby League Clubs, New Holland, Sydney
  • Heads, Ian & Middleton, David (2008) A Centenary of Rugby League, MacMillan, Sydney.
  • Howell, Max (2005) Born to Lead: Wallaby Test Captains, Celebrity Books, Auckland, NZ.