John Gordon “Gordon” Pugh

HERITAGE No: 325

BIRTH: 2 November 1905

Stockton (Newcastle), NSW

DEATH: 5 March 1967 Redfern, NSW

DEATH: 5 March 1967

Redfern, NSW

OCCUPATION: Laborer, 1932

RESIDENCE: Queen St Stockton, NSW, 1932; Commercial Hotel, Parkes, NSW,1933

GAME HISTORY

Newcastle Easts 1927, 1928, 1931
Parkes RL 1932, 1933, 1934
Leeton RL 1934
Wests RL First Grade 1935
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1935
Country RL Probables v Country RL Possibles 1932
Country RL Seconds v City RL Seconds 1932
Group 11 RL v Combined Group 9 and 17 RL 1933
Southern NSW RL v Northern NSW RL 1934
Country RL Firsts v City RL Firsts 1934
NSW RL Firsts v Queensland RL Firsts 1934
Bendemeer RL 1939
New England RL 1939

Gordon

John Gordon Pugh was born at Stockton NSW in 1905. He was always known by his middle name of ‘Gordon’. Gordon was the son of a coal miner, but by 1930, both of his parents had died. He and his three siblings moved from the family home in Queen St Stockton.

Soon after Gordon was ‘on the road’ and made his way to Parkes in the central west of NSW. He joined the Parkes Rugby League team in 1932, playing hooker alongside Jack Schumack, and was soon recognised for representative honours.