Ron Griffiths (rugby league)
Australian rugby league player
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Ronald Ean Griffiths (25 August 1924 – 15 January 1970) was an Australian rugby league player.
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| Full name | Ronald Ean Griffiths | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 August 1924 Mackay, Qld, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 January 1970 (aged 45) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Griffith, a hooker, learned his rugby league in Mackay and after a brief period in Rockhampton moved to Ipswich in 1947 to work as a fitter for Ipswich Railway. He earned representative honours for Ipswich in the Bulimba Cup, during a spell with local side CYMS, and made his debut for Queensland in 1949.[1]
While in Ipswich, Griffith gained a national team call up for their 1949 tour of New Zealand. He served as an understudy to Kevin Schubert and featured in three non international fixtures.[2]
Griffiths was captain–coach of Lockyer in 1952 and the following year joined Cairns club Ivanhoe as coach.[3]