Perry Haddock

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Perry Haddock
Personal information
Full namePerry Haddock
Born (1959-04-20) 20 April 1959 (age 64)
Erina, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
PositionHalfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1981–83 Cronulla Sharks 44 12 3 0 43
1984–86 St. George 58 12 0 1 49
1987–88 Illawarra Steelers 36 6 0 1 25
1989 St. George 1 0 0 0 0
Total 139 30 3 2 117
Source: Whiticker/Hudson Rugby League Project

Perry Haddock (born 20 April 1959) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s.

Professional career[edit]

Originally from Erina, New South Wales, Perry Haddock was a halfback for three clubs during his eight-year career. He played three seasons with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks between 1981 and 1983, then switched to the St. George Dragons for three seasons between 1984 and 1986. He starred for Dragons during this period, and he played in the 1985 Grand Final.

In 1987, Haddock switched clubs again, this time to the Illawarra Steelers and stayed for two seasons.

Perry Haddock was one of the shortest halfbacks in modern day rugby league, standing at 1.67 metres, but he is remembered as one of the great club halfbacks of his era.[1]

After retirement[edit]

Haddock coached the Dragons Jersey Flegg Cup team in the early 1990s. It was during this time that he developed Oztag.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571).
  2. ^ Josh Massoud (26 February 2014). "National Rugby League deep in negotiations to strike historic partnership with OzTag". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 September 2015.