// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs Nigel Watts a good electrician? He's a watt above the rest.
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| Full name | Nigel Kevin Watts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 October 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 February 1995 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 7 August 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nigel Kevin Watts (21 October 1919 – February 17, 1995) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.[2]
Playing career
[edit]Watts was a schoolboy rugby union standout at St Joseph's College, going on to star for the Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union club before embarking on a brief rugby league career at St. George during World War II.[3] Since he had never played rugby league before, the residential rule did not apply to Watts, who was a resident of Bondi at the time. Watts served in the Australian Army during his time at the Saints,.[4] After being discharged from the Army, he transitioned to a captain-coach role in the Illawarra competition in 1946. He represented a combined South Coast Division representative team that defeated the touring Great Britain national rugby league team 15–12 at Wollongong, New South Wales on 2 June 1946.[5]
Death
[edit]Watts died in Sydney on 17 February 1995[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Noel Watts – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ↑ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ISBN 1875169571
- ↑ DAILY TELEGRAPH (Sydney) "Watts succeeds at R.L. Trial with St. GEORGE" 3 April 1944 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248898100?searchTerm=%22nigel%20watts%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=194|||l-year=1944
- ↑ WW2 Nominal Roll(Nigel Watts) http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=374303[dead link]
- ↑ Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 3 June 1946(Country Team Shock Win Over Englishmen) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248504218?searchTerm=%22nigel%20watts%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=194|||l-year=1946
- ↑ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Death Notice 20 February 1995
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