Tony Redmond
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Full name | James Patrick Redmond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1890 Glebe, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1963 Sydney, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Patrick Redmond (1890-1963), also known by the nickname of "Tony", was an Australian rugby league player.
A local from Glebe, New South Wales, Redmond was a forward who played 14 seasons of first grade rugby league, during the early years of the NSWRFL.
Always known by the nickname of 'Tony', Redmond also represented the AIF during the great war. [1]
Although mainly remembered as a player for Glebe and the Western Suburbs Magpies, Redmond is also remembered as a member of the first St. George Dragons team in 1921.[2]
Redmond died in Sydney in 1963, aged 73.
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- 1890 births
- Australian rugby league players
- St. George Dragons players
- Western Suburbs Magpies players
- Glebe rugby league players
- Australian Army soldiers
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- Rugby league props
- Australian military personnel of World War I
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- 1963 deaths
- Australian rugby league biography stubs