Fred Griffiths (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Punchy | |||||
| Born | Rhodesia | |||||
| Died | 18 April 2000 Perth, Western Australia | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1957–62 | Wigan | 161 | 43 | 662 | 0 | 1455 |
| 1963–66 | North Sydney | 67 | 8 | 283 | 0 | 590 |
| Total | 228 | 51 | 945 | 0 | 2045 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1963 | South Africa | |||||
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1963–1966 | North Sydney | 72 | 39 | 4 | 29 | 54 |
| Nowra | ||||||
| Total | 72 | 39 | 4 | 29 | 54 | |
Fred 'Punchy' Griffiths (date of birth unknown — 18 April 2000) was a professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s,[1] and coach of the 1960s.[2] A South Africa international representative back, he played his club football in England for Wigan and in Australia for North Sydney, who he also captained and coached.[3]
Griffiths was born in Rhodesia. A fullback and skilful goal-kicker, Griffiths, nicknamed "Punchy", kicked six goals in Wigan's victory in the 1959–60 Northern Rugby Football League season's championship final. In his time with the club he amassed a total of 1,455 points.[4] Griffiths guested for Wakefield Trinity during their South African tour in June and July 1962.
Moving to Australia to captain and coach the North Sydney club, Griffiths' prolific point-scoring continued as he went on to become the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership's leading point scorer for the 1963, 1964 and 1965 seasons. Griffiths also played in the South African national team against the Australian side in 1963. His last year with North Sydney was the 1966 season.[5] In his time with North Sydney he amassed a total of 590 points,[6] and coached them to finals in two of his three seasons as captain-coach. He also coached Griffith, and Nowra.
Griffith died in the year 2000 in Perth, Western Australia.
References
- ↑ Player statistics at rugbyleagueproject.com. Rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ↑ Coach statistics at rugbyleagueproject.com. Rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ↑ Club stats and records at northsydneybears.com.au Archived 29 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Statistics at. Wigan.rlfans.com.
- ↑ Fred Griffiths at. Nrlstats.com.
- ↑ Fred Griffiths at. Yesterdayshero.com.au.