Dawson Buckley

Dawson William Buckley (1917-1993) was an Australian rugby league player of the 1930s and 1940s.

Dawson Buckley was a dual premiership winning player with the Balmain Tigers. He played with Balmain for ten seasons from 1938-1947 and featured in many great games with them. He played prop forward in the winning Balmain teams of 1939 and played lock in the 1944 Grand Final. The war curtailed the back end of his career from 1945-1946 as he was not discharged from the Australian Army until the end of 1946. He couldn't get back into the first grade team in 1947, and retired at the end of the year. Buckley represented N.S.W. City Firsts on one occasions in 1942.^[1]

Dawson Buckley died on 27 June 1993, aged 76 at his Leichhardt, New South Wales home.^[2]

References

↑ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
↑ Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 29/6/1993

Balmain squad – 1939 NSWRFL Premiers (7th title)

1. Hec Day 2. Sid Goodwin (c) 3. Jack Winchester 4. Frank Hyde 5. Tom Bourke 6. Billy Bischoff 7. Jim Quealey 8. Dawson Buckley 9. George Watt 10. Dave Manning 11. Athol Smith 12. Bill "Bunny" Johnson 13. Jack Redman Coach: Bill Kelly

Balmain squad – 1944 NSWRFL Premiers (8th title)

1. Dave Parkinson 2. Arthur Patton (c) 3. Joe Jorgenson 4. Tom Bourke 5. Keith Parkinson 6. Stan Ponchard 7. Pat Devery 8. Jack Hampstead 9. George Watt 10. Colin Campbell 11. Athol Smith 12. Sid Ryan 13. Dawson Buckley Coach: Norm "Latchem" Robinson

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