Vic Bulgin
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Full name | Victor John Bulgin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 8 November 1927|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 January 2007 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 79)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Victor John Bulgin (1927–2007) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 50s. An Australia national and New South Wales state representative fullback, he played for Sydney's Eastern Suburbs and Canterbury-Bankstown clubs. Bulgin also represented his country as an amateur golfer.
Playing career
Bulgin, a fullback, began his career with the Eastern Suburbs club as a 19-year-old in 1947. The following year he was selected for the New South Wales team's tour of New Zealand and later that year was selected to go on the 1948–49 Kangaroo Tour, becoming Kangaroo No 254.[3] He appeared in 16 matches on tour, – no tests. In 1949 Bulgin again went away with the Australian rugby league side on its tour of New Zealand, once again though he never played in any of the test matches.
In 1950, he joined the Canterbury-Bankstown club where he played for two seasons. In 1951 he captain-coached the club.
While playing football, Bulgin also served in the New South Wales Police Force and in 2008, rugby league's centennial year in Australia, he was named at fullback in a NSW Police team of the century.
Post playing
At the end of his rugby league career he represented Australia as an amateur golfer in the Commonwealth Tournament in 1959 and 1967. In 1959 he was runner up to Kel Nagle in the Australian Open.
References
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Yesterday's Hero
- ^ "Australian Kangaroos Player Register" (PDF). 2013 Annual Report. NRL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
Sources
- Whiticker, Alan; Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. p. 609. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.
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