Steve Hanson
Australian rugby league footballer (1961–2015)
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Stephen Raymond Hanson (7 August 1961 – 4 November 2015) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. He played for the North Sydney Bears and Eastern Suburbs. Hanson primarily played in the front row.
FullnameStephen Raymond Hanson
Born7 August 1961
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Died4 November 2015 (aged 54)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
PositionProp
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| Full name | Stephen Raymond Hanson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 August 1961 Bowral, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 November 2015 (aged 54) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hanson was selected to represent New South Wales as a last minute replacement for Phil Daley in game III of the 1988 State of Origin series. He scored a try in the match which would be his only State of Origin appearance.[1][2]
On 4 November 2015, he died of complications of heart attack he had suffered two weeks earlier, while holidaying. He was 54.[3][4]
