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England two years later and scored 37 points in total. The final, played at Leeds in November, 1970 has been described "as the most savage international ever played" and "a running brawl"; after the full-time whistle, with Australia having won, Simms offered a handshake to the English winger, John
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Middleton (a rugby league historian). The Eric Simms Challenge was described by the Rabbitohs' marketing manager as "a salute to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island players, past and present" and was a match between the NRL Rabbitohs team and a representative Aboriginal team, the Murdi
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Simms has said: "Of course anyone can do it in training but it's harder when people are charging at you and the crowd is booing. Often I'd have to kick from weird angles under all sorts of pressure. Against Wests once I remember Mick Alchin coming around from the scrumbase to flatten me just as I
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Simms went on to play 206 first grade games, including grand final winning teams in 1967, 1968, 1970 and 1971, scoring a total of 1,841 career points. In 1969, he broke the record for the most points scored in a premiership season with 265, previously held by
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Of the field goal rule change, he has said: "I never really believed the league changed the rule because of me ... . But over the years so many people told me I was the cause that there must be something to it."
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Mascord, "Magic man of honour - He's always chasing records but only one thing counts for El Masri", Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 27 April 2007, p 48 via factiva accessed 3 September 2011.
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Ridgeway, along with six other younger brothers and sisters. Simms had a total of thirteen siblings although some died at birth.
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took a shot. He hit me so hard that I went up in the air and came down flat on my back. But I was watching the ball go between the posts. I must have timed the kick just right."
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would stand under the posts ... . Eric would practise field goals from halfway one after the other for half an hour. Bang, bang, bang straight over. He hardly ever missed."
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Cameron Bell, "The man with the magic boot : Ecca Simms back at
Redfern Oval", Sunday Telegraph (Sydney), 17 August 1997, p 64 via factiva accessed 2 September 2011.
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in Sydney. Eric's mother was born
Gwendoline May Cook and became Gwendoline Ping when her own mother remarried. Eric and his sister, Beverley, grew up on the former
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1005:"100 Most Dramatic Moments in Rugby League History", Part 1 of 4, Sunday Telegraph (Sydney), 18 March 2007, p R01 via factiva accessed 3 September 2011.
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858:"Rabbitohs in tribute to indigenous league players", Illawarra Mercury, 14 June 2001, p 75, Fairfax Newsstore accessed 2 September 2011.
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in the 1964 premiership-winning team. He was a 19-year-old truck driver when he was signed for South Sydney in
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on 2 August 1945, the eldest son John (Jack) Simms, an
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950:(Sydney), 23 August 2011, p 103
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499:field goals
3076:Categories
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2542:Eric Simms
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1493:Eric Simms
1387:Jim Morgan
1343:Eric Simms
1265:Alan Scott
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1209:Eric Simms
1041:References
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558:Dave Brown
523:La Perouse
468:Eric Simms
418:La Perouse
60:1945-08-02
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2398:Dick Dunn
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823:10 August
749:Footnotes
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675:Ron Coote
661:Crookwell
641:Australia
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281:Australia
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2320:Les Mead
1027:Archived
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1429:Coach:
1277:Coach:
1128:career
740:Rozelle
728:Chifley
701:at the
635:In the
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619:(218),
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1139:(1983)
1126:NSWRFL
1117:(1966)
1086:
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577:NSWRFL
484:centre
436:Total
219:Years
194:Total
114:Years
99:Centre
97:,
70:Karuah
2875:2023
2869:2022
2863:2021
2857:2020
2851:2019
2845:2018
2839:2017
2833:2016
2827:2015
2817:2014
2811:2013
2805:2012
2799:2011
2793:2010
2787:2009
2781:2008
2775:2007
2769:2006
2763:2005
2757:2004
2751:2003
2745:2002
2735:2001
2729:2000
2723:1999
2717:1998
2706:1997
2700:1996
2694:1995
2688:1994
2682:1993
2676:1992
2670:1991
2664:1990
2654:1989
2648:1988
2642:1987
2636:1986
2630:1985
2624:1984
2618:1983
2612:1982
2606:1981
2600:1980
2594:1979
2588:1978
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2576:1976
2570:1975
2564:1974
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2516:1966
2510:1965
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2252:1921
2246:1920
2240:1919
2234:1918
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2222:1916
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2210:1914
2204:1913
2198:1912
2192:1911
2186:1910
2180:1909
2174:1908
414:1978
348:Years
342:Club
302:1969
252:1968
222:Team
209:1841
172:1976
167:1841
117:Team
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1084:ISBN
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503:1969
353:Team
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1057:ABC
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560:of
359:Gms
322:10
297:87
291:39
272:14
226:Pld
206:86
200:23
164:86
158:23
121:Pld
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2020:5
2011:4
2002:3
1993:2
1984:1
1968:–
1955:e
1948:t
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1861:9
1852:8
1842:7
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