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Tom Ezart

1914 – 1977

Australian rugby league footballer and administrator

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About Tom Ezart

Lived 1914 – 1977 (aged 62–63). Tom Ezart was an Australian rugby league player.

Thomas Robert Ezart (1914-1977) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played his football in Country New South Wales as well as in Sydney at the Canterbury-Bankstown club with whom he won the 1942 NSWRFL Premiership.

Playing career A Port Kembla junior, Ezart played representative football for the Illawarra Rugby League before moving to Sydney and joining the eight-year-old Canterbury-Bankstown club in 1942 and that year helping them to their second premiership. Military service for World War II curtailed his football career, but he resumed playing and coaching in Wollongong and was selected to captain an Illawarra representative team against the visiting 1946 Great Britain Lions. Ezart also made a brief reappearance with the Canterbury-Bankstown club during the 1949 NSWRFL season before retiring from first grade rugby league.

Post playing He later became a referee and a Canterbury club selector.

Ezart died on 23 May 1977.

Ezrt was a life member of the Illawarra Rugby League, and in 2011, the centenary year of the League, he was one of the nominees for the position in the Illawarra team of the century, but eventually was overlooked in favour of Bob Fulton.

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Born
1914, Port Kembla
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Died
1977, Wollongong
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Also known as
Thomas Robert Ezart

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Tom Ezart?

Australian rugby league footballer and administrator

When was Tom Ezart born?

Tom Ezart was born in 1914 in Port Kembla.

When did Tom Ezart die?

Tom Ezart died in 1977 in Wollongong.

What was Tom Ezart's occupation?

Tom Ezart was a rugby league player.

What nationality was Tom Ezart?

Tom Ezart was Australian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Tom Ezart

· Wikidata: Q18164794

· DBpedia: Tom Ezart

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