Jack Craigie (rugby league)
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Jack "Buster" Craigie was an Australia
n rugby league
footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League
(NSWRL).
Cragie, who was nicknamed Buster after well known film star of the period, Buster Craigie, played rugby league for the Eastern Suburbs
club in the 1933
, '34
and 1936
seasons. A second rower, Craigie was a member of East's
undefeated premiership winning side of 1936. Following his retirement as a player 'Buster' spent many years as the president of the Eastern Suburbs Rugby League club.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League
New South Wales Rugby League
The New South Wales Rugby League is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League until 1984 when forward thinking marketing managers decided...
(NSWRL).
Cragie, who was nicknamed Buster after well known film star of the period, Buster Craigie, played rugby league for the Eastern Suburbs
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
club in the 1933
New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1933
The 1933 NSWRFL season was the twenty-sixth season of Sydney's professional rugby league football club competition, Australia's first. Eight teams from across the city contested the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership during the season, which lasted from April until September, and...
, '34
New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1934
The 1934 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the twenty-sixth season of Sydney's top-grade rugby league football club competition, Australia's first...
and 1936
New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1936
The 1936 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the twenty-ninth season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football club competition, Australia's first...
seasons. A second rower, Craigie was a member of East's
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
undefeated premiership winning side of 1936. Following his retirement as a player 'Buster' spent many years as the president of the Eastern Suburbs Rugby League club.