Jim Duckworth (rugby league)
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FullnameJames Joseph Duckworth
Born18 April 1908
Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Died2 July 1967 (aged 59)
Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia
Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia
PositionCentre, Five-eighth
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| Full name | James Joseph Duckworth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 April 1908 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 July 1967 (aged 59) Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Joseph Duckworth (1908–1967) was an Australian rugby league footballer, a premiership winning coach and administrator.
Duckworth was born in 1908 at Balmain, New South Wales, who came through the junior ranks to play first grade for the Balmain club. He played nine seasons with Balmain between 1928 and 1933 and between 1936 and 1938, although he spent two years at Cessnock and Port Macquarie during 1934–35.
