Wally Lewis

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walter James "Wally" Lewis AM (born 1 December 1959 in Hawthorne, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. Currently a commentator of the sport, he is widely regarded as the greatest Rugby League player of all time.His time as a player and coach was followed by a career as a newsreader for the Nine Network. Nicknamed The King and also The Emperor of Lang Park, Lewis represented Queensland in thirty-one State of Origin games from 1980 to 1991, and was captain for thirty of them. He also represented Australia in thirty-three international matches from 1981 to 1991 and was national team captain from 1984 to 1989. Lewis is perhaps best known for his State of Origin performances, spearheading Queensland's dominance in that competition throughout the 1980s. He has a record eight man of the match awards in Origin football and captained the side a record thirty times. Lewis has since been inducted into the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame and in 1999 he became the sixth member of 'The Immortals'.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786131038419
• ISBN-10: 6131038414
• Artikelnr.: 29882656