Arthur Folwell
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Fitzgerald Folwell | |||||
| Nickname | Snowy | |||||
| Born | 1904 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England | |||||
| Died | 14 October 1966 Empire Bay, New South Wales | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Hooker | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1928–40 | Newtown | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1932–33 | City NSW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932–34 | New South Wales | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1942–45 | Newtown | 67 | 40 | 3 | 24 | 60 |
Arthur Folwell (1904 - 1966) was an Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator of the early to mid-20th century.[1] An Australian national and New South Wales state representative hooker, he played his club football in the New South Wales Rugby Football League for Sydney's Newtown club[2] before becoming their coach and taking them to the 1943 NSWRFL premiership.
In 1933 Folwell was selected for the Australian touring squad for the 1933-34 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain .[3] He became Kangaroo No. 179 when played in the 2nd and 3rd Test matches and he played another 19 matches on the 1933-34 tour.
Folwell coached Newtown for three seasons during the second world war (1942-1944). He is remembered as the winning grand final coach in 1943, the year Newtown won the 1943 grand final. In Folwell's final year as coach of Newtown he took them to the 1944 NSWRFL season's grand final which was lost to Balmain. He assisted Bumper Farrell and Len Smith as coach of the Blue Bags during the final year of World War Two before retiring.
He later became a New South Wales and Australian Rugby League selector during the 1950s and early 1960s.
Folwell's grandson Greg Pierce became an Australian international rugby league footballer of the 1970s.
Folwell was named at hooker in the Newtown Jets Team of the Century (1908-2007).[4]
References
- ↑ Whiticker, Alan. "Arthur Folwell". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ↑ yesterdayshero.com.au. "Arthur Folwell". Player Profile. SmartPack International.
- ↑ Australian Rugby League. "Australian Players Register" (PDF). Australian Rugby League - Annual Report 2005. secure.ausport.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ↑ Team of the Century at newtownjets.com