Rod O'Loan
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Rod O'Loan was an Australia
n rugby league
footballer for the Eastern Suburbs
club in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership.
Rod O'Loan played for University in 1933 and 1934 and played 28 games and scored 12 tries. He then played for the roosters in 1935-1941. He played 82 games and scored 76 tries. While playing for the roosters he scored 27 tries in a season which is the = 6th most tries in a season of all time and scored 7 tries in a game which is the 2nd best of all time behind Frank Burge's 8.
Rod O'Loan was born in Sydney
, New South Wales
and after attending Saint Patrick's College Golbourn, attended senior school at Waverley College before going onto the University of New South Wales. In 1933 O'Loan spent two seasons playing for the University rugby league club. In 1935 he and University team mate, Ross McKinnon
, joined the Eastern Suburbs
club where he appeared in 82 matches in the years (1935–41). In a match between Eastern Suburbs and his old club University in 1935 he scored a club record seven tries
in a 61-5 win. This tally stood second (behind Frank Burge
's eight tries in 1920) on the list of most individual tries in a premiership match. He scored 27 tries that season. O'Loan was a speedy winger who scored over 100 tries in his career. He won four Premierships in his time at the Tri colours
: 1935, 1937, 1037 and 1940. He gained one cap playing for Australia.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer for the Eastern Suburbs
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
club in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership.
Rod O'Loan played for University in 1933 and 1934 and played 28 games and scored 12 tries. He then played for the roosters in 1935-1941. He played 82 games and scored 76 tries. While playing for the roosters he scored 27 tries in a season which is the = 6th most tries in a season of all time and scored 7 tries in a game which is the 2nd best of all time behind Frank Burge's 8.
Rod O'Loan was born in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
and after attending Saint Patrick's College Golbourn, attended senior school at Waverley College before going onto the University of New South Wales. In 1933 O'Loan spent two seasons playing for the University rugby league club. In 1935 he and University team mate, Ross McKinnon
Ross McKinnon
Ross McKinnon was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the University, Eastern Suburbs, New South Wales and for the Australian national side....
, joined the Eastern Suburbs
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
club where he appeared in 82 matches in the years (1935–41). In a match between Eastern Suburbs and his old club University in 1935 he scored a club record seven tries
Try
A try is the major way of scoring points in rugby league and rugby union football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area...
in a 61-5 win. This tally stood second (behind Frank Burge
Frank Burge
Frank 'Chunky' Burge was one of the greatest forwards in the history of rugby league in Australia. Later he was one of the game's finest coaches....
's eight tries in 1920) on the list of most individual tries in a premiership match. He scored 27 tries that season. O'Loan was a speedy winger who scored over 100 tries in his career. He won four Premierships in his time at the Tri colours
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
: 1935, 1937, 1037 and 1940. He gained one cap playing for Australia.