Vincent Joseph “Vince” Cleary

HERITAGE No: 327

BIRTH: 24 October 1907

Bathurst, NSW

DEATH: 29 November 1975 late of Eastwood (Ryde), NSW

DEATH: 29 November 1975

late of Eastwood (Ryde), NSW

OCCUPATION: Laborer, 1935

RESIDENCE: Rosedown, Main St Lithgow, NSW, 1935

GAME HISTORY

Lithgow Co-op RL 1927, 1928
Lithgow R&T Institute RL 1930, 1931, 1932
Lithgow Wests RL 1933, 1934
Lithgow District RL 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934
Eastern Division Group 10 RL 1932
South Armidale RL 1933
Armidale District RL 1933
New England RL 1933
Western Division RL v Newcastle RL 1929
Western Division RL v Eastern Suburbs RL 1929
NSW Railways RL v Queensland Railways RL 1930
Country RL Possibles v Country RL Probables 1933
Country RL Seconds v City RL Seconds 1933
Country RL Firsts v City RL Firsts 1933
Wests RL First Grade 1935, 1936
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1935, 1936
Wests RL Trials 1937
Wests RL General Committee 1936

Vince

Vince Cleary was born in the NSW central west town of Bathurst in 1907. His father William Cleary died in June 1916 at Bathurst as a result of complications from an appendix operation.

At William Cleary’s funeral, his cortege included prominent businessmen, Laurence, and Michael Mockler. The Mockler brothers in 1932, donated a silver cup to the Western Division Rugby League to be played for by Western Division district teams.

Vince was eight years old when his father died. He received a good education at St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, where he excelled in a number of subjects. St Stanislaus College was a strong rugby union school but also played rugby league in the local competition, and it was here that Vince learned his early football.