Ross Warner (10 November 1943 – 1 August 2020)[2] was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Full name | Ross Warner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia | 10 November 1943|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 August 2020 Manly, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 76)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Originally from Tamworth, New South Wales, Warner was given a contract by North Sydney in 1963.
He replaced club stalwart Norm Strong to become Norths hooker for the next twelve seasons. Warner represented New South Wales on three occasions and captained North Sydney towards the end of his career. Warner retired at the end of the 1974 NSWRFL season.[3]
In 2007, Warner was named in the North Sydney team of the century at hooker.[4]