Ernie Mort
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Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
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| Full name | Ernest Sutcliffe Mort | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 March 1924 Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 September 1991 (aged 67) Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernest Sutcliffe 'Ernie' Mort (24 March 1924 – 20 September 1991) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.
A St. George junior, Mort was discharged from war service in the Australian Army in mid 1946.[2] He trialled for the Saints at the beginning of the 1947 NSWRFL season, and was signed by the club.
Mort was a five-eighth, and during the end of his career, he was the understudy for the great Johnny Hawke. Mort was a well-respected man at St. George and retained a link with the club on his retirement by taking on committee positions at the club into the 1950s.[3]
Mort retired to Port Macquarie, New South Wales in his later years, and died there on 20 September 1991, age 67.[4]
