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John Joseph Purcell

HERITAGE No: 698

BIRTH: 26 May 1952
Concord, NSW

OCCUPATION: Clerk, 1977, 1980

RESIDENCE: Courallie Ave Homebush West, NSW, 1977, 1980

GAME HISTORY

  • Marist Brothers Lidcombe JRL
  • Marist Brothers Auburn High School JRL
  • Wests RL (S G Ball Cup) 1967
  • Enfield Federals JRL 1968, 1969, 1970
  • Housing Commission RL (Public Service Competition) 1973
  • NSW Public Service RL v Queensland Public Service RL 1973
  • Wests RL (Jersey Flegg Cup) 1970
  • Wests RL U/23’s 1973
  • Wests RL 3rd Grade 1971, 1972
  • Wests RL 2nd Grade 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
  • Wests RL First Grade 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
  • Wests RL Pre Season Cup 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981
  • Wests RL AMCO Cup 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978
  • Yass Magpies RL 1979
  • Monaro Division RL v Great Britain RL 1979
  • Ryde Eastwood RL 1981

John

Wests Archive would like to thank John Purcell for generously contributing his time and information in the preparation of this profile.

John Purcell was born in the Western Suburbs district and grew up at Homebush West. He was educated at the Marist Brothers Primary School at Auburn where he first played rugby league. His first year playing rugby league was with the 4 stone 7lbs weight restricted team at Marist Brothers.

He then attended Marist Brothers High School at Auburn where he played rugby league for three years against other schools. On the weekends, he also played with Marist Brothers in the Western Suburbs Junior Rugby League competition.

John Purcell was interviewed by Tony Lewis from Pratten Park Magpies in 2015. That interview informs part of this player profile and can be accessed by clicking on the link to Pratten Park Magpies

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