Full name David James Morgan 1960–64 Maitland 1965–69 South Sydney | Position Front row forward Maitland 103 Height 1.88 m | |
Weight 14 st 10 lb (93 kg; 206 lb) Died 19 October 2005, Gold Coast, Australia | ||
Jim Morgan ( 13 June 1943 - 19 October 2005) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 70s. He played at prop forward in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and later the Eastern Suburbs Roosters, and also represented Australia.
Morgan was born in Gold Coast, Queensland on 13 June 1943. Moving to Maitland, Morgan first came to prominence as a rugby league footballer in 1964 when playing for a representative Newcastle team that defeated premiers St. George on their way to winning that year's State Cup. The following year he was signed with South Sydney to play in the Sydney Premiership. In his first season with the Rabbitohs, he played in their Grand Final loss to St. George.
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