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Chelsea Eagles Old Mates Roster

But we need your help !!! We also want to know about the Old Mates who played elsewhere so we can try to get a better idea of the rich history we all have forged over the years !!! When you become a member of the Chelsea Old Mates website for FREE we would appreciate you filling in the history section to let us know your football career details big or small no matter what. Then after you become a member let us know about your old team mates so we can get a more accurate rundown of our history by way of the forum or by by clicking this link and email or phone anyone on the committee.

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PLAYER HISTORY
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Ron Black Chelsea United
1960 E Grade Premiers + Combined E & F Grade South Sydney Metropolitan Cup Winners
1961 D Grade Premiers + Runners Up to Manly Inaugural Jersey Flegg Cup
1962 D Grade Premiers (Captain) + Jersey Flegg Cup Winners
1963 C Grade Premiers (Captain)
1964 C Grade Runners Up (Captain)
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Bill Bodell Played with Chelsea 1963,64,65 (F and E Grades) Minor Premiers 1963, undefeated and then lost the major semi and final. Premiers 1964. Played in SSJ rep teams. Clubs, Alexandria Rovers (G Grade) - Chelsea (F & E Grades)- Paddington Woollahra RSL (C Grade)- Zetland (A Grade). Played in premierships teams with all those clubs (except PWRSL - runner up in three grand finals)
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Frank Bostick Chelsea/Alexandria Rovers
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Ron Brown Played A Grade to win 1958 Season Grand Final, position Front Row. 1959 became Club Secretary as well as playing Reserve Grade for South Sydney. 1960. Reached First and Reserve Grade with South Sydney playing 5 first grade and 8 reserve grade games all in Front Row Position. 1961-62-63 Recruited by South Newcastle Club playing with Nat Silcock who was Captain Coach. Position Played Front Row and Second Row, winning the 1963 Premiership after being Runners-up in 1962. Returned to Sydney in 1964 to tryout with Easts per Nat Silcock who was made Captain but unfortunately after two trials contracted a Golden Staph Infection and was advised by the Medical Profession not to engage in any physical contact sport again. (Criminal history not enough space, Romantic History Ditto!!).....
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Ignatius Brun hi i went to Matraville Soldiers settlement school in 1963 we then moved to Redfern and i went to Bourke St Public school where i started playing footy. my brothers played for Waterloo Waratahs but i wanted to play for Chelsea United. I started playing for them i think in 1965/66 I would love to know if there were any old photos around that time of us kids. i would also love to know if there are any guys out there that remember playing in those days....
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Colin Downing Joined Chelsea in 1956 E grade premiers 1957/58 E grade runners up 1959/60 D Grade runners up
1961/62 C Grade premiers
1962/63/64 Presidents Cup
1964/65/66 South Sydney
1967 Cronulla
1966 Club Auditor Chelsea & Life Member Chelsea
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Brian Finegan 1961-1964 My club was SS Monarchs...
1964 Started Souths Presidents Cup with Col Downing, Ken Vessey, Barry Ako, Gary Stephens, Eric Simms etc...
1965-67 Played with Corrimal...
Marcellin College Schoolboys with Fred Jackson and Chris Armstrong
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Ralph Grace Played with Kensington United, Maroubra, Botany United. La Perouse and Souths
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Tom Hargreaves Chelsea 1969-71...
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Bill Harvey Chelsea 1950s through to 1963
1964-68 Newtown
1969-1970 Marrickville United
Hooker front row - hardest nut with Newtown 1964 played against St Peters Monty Porter
Best side was 1962 beat Mascot in Grand Final...
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Jim Harvey Marrickville United 1962-1970
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Norm Hazzard First played with Chelsea in 1957 in the "F" Grade competetion then continuously until 1964. I Retired for two years and returned to the 'A'grade in 1967.
In 1968 I played with Ryde Eastwood in the second division competition before again retiring.
During my career with Chelsea I played in nine Grand Finals.
I played in the one team through 'F' Grade to'C' grade winning six consecutive premierships 1968 to 1973, and being runners up in 1967 and 1974.
I also played in two additional grand finals when called up to "C" and 'B' grade during those years.
In 1960 I was a member of the New South Wales School Boys team playing against Queensland
In 1962 I was a member of the winning South Sydney Jersey Flegg side which included seven members of the one Chelsea team including five of the six forwards.
In 1964 I was called up to Grade with South Sydney and played third grade during that season.
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Fred Jackson
1959 Marcellin College Randwick, first 13,Selected in Metropolitan Catholic Colleges Rep. Side.
1960 to 1964 Played with South Sydney in all Grades, played in 1962 3rd Grade Premership side.
1965 to 1966 Played with Eastern Suburbs all Grades.
Spent 16 years as a Sports Trainer/ Masseur with NSW RL Referees. Currently I am on the Committee and a Welfare Officer with Sydney North Men of League.
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Rob Judd
Player from E Grade to A Grade
Coached minor grades/ B Grade
Played Souths U23's
Senior club champion

Family members involved with Chelsea from father, brothers and nephews:
William Judd
Raymond Judd
Terrence Judd
Allan Judd
Rob Judd
Mark Judd
Paul Judd
Barry Judd
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Grahame "Butch" Kennedy
1960 Started playing at Pagewood with Gary and Wayne Stevens...
1961 first ever Jersey Flegg went to NZ first ever International junior rugby league side won both games...
1962 Pagewood folded the fun club for the Pagewood Rex... Wayne then played for Chelsea so Gary and I went there which George Wintle opposed but it happened anyway.
1963 Presidents Cup Chelsea ABC grades grand final C grade winners...
1964-65 2nd & third grade South Sydney
1965-66 Then I unfortunately left Souths and went to TUMUT that were in a battle with the Country Rugby League and formed their own comp Murrumbidgee Rugby League which was the hardest football I ever played with Mike Sullivan, Greg Hawick, Arthur Summons, Ray Bevan, Henry Maxwell...
1968 Tathra C/Coach and under Don Furner Monaro Rep...
1970 C/Coach Lower Clarence Griffith Black and Whites Caltex Division winners...
1971-72 C/Coach Parkes dual premiers met wife there she is still having trouble with eyesight...
1974 Port Macquarie snapped achilles tendon...
A few years later after doctors said I would never play again C/Coach Orange Ex Services the Bathurst Railway and finally Burleigh Bears where i was lucky enough to be be in the stand first night of State Of Origin Qld winners Then saw Broncos beat Manly in their first ever game in the ARL comp.
I have had a happy and almost injury free career and 99% of the people I have met are champions. The never wases I have no time for. Lifelong friends Gary and Wayne Stevens who I grew up with and Stevie Lawrence.
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Kevin Maloney Played with Chelsea in 1964
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Mick Moore Played with Carrington Cougars Then move to Chelsea Then to The Shamrocks in the Balmain comp
Ron Gibbs is my Brother in law he told me about the website

Some players ive played with are:
Peter Atkinson, Bob Degan, Chris Solly, Barry Bieber, Bill Harvey, Jumma Norman,
Gus Woods, Rod Mcgee, Tom Ford, Norm Woods, Brian Fuz.

Tommy Ford and I coached I think C or D Grade
Alan Wong was my Best Man and I was Herbie Martin Best Man... I'm not to good at dates ???
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Terry Murray Played F grade 1956, E grade 1957 in which year i broke my arm in 4 places climbing over a playground fence, and that was the end of that. Went through kindergarten,primary & high school with heaps of Chelsea boys and always followed the club from then on, very proud to be a Chelsea boy & still am. Recently got to know about the OMD days & love them. The organisers Ken,Warren,Col & Alan do a terrific job.
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John Owens Played from 1954 until 1959 with Chelsea grades C,B & A.
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Ken Peet Played with Chelsea D grade - A grade from 1952-56.
Played in two premiership B grade sides in 1954 and 1955.
Graded with South Sydney in 1956 after playing Presidents Cup in 1955.
Played first grade union with Sydney University in 1957
Played first grade with Canterbury- Bankstown from 1958-1961
That was until I was injured in a car accident in October 1961.
As a result of my injuries I never played again.
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Ian "the kid" Phillips Mascot for Chelsea "A" grade at the age of 3. Ball-boy for years after that also for Souths.Captained Souths Mathew Sheild side then picked in Souths S.G.Ball side. Started playing for Chelsea from "J" grade upwards to "A" grade only missing one year when we did not have a "B" grade, continuity of servise was not restricted due to lack of a side.My 1st "A" grade game was at the age 16 my props in that game was my coach Busselling Barry Bieber and Peter Atkinson.I played "A" till i was about 27 then had a couple of years in the Business House comp. Where I captain-coached the Sun-Hearld side.I finished my playing days at the Coogee Bay Hotel side (aged 30) that just entered the Souths comp. from the Easts comp.I also served on the commity for many years.
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Learco Pustetto A bit of my history, that is as much of it as I can remember as I played with Ian Phillips ( we used to partake in drinking the pale amber a bit )and most of that period was a blur for me. I used to show up at training with my Backo (digging machine) and work boots , and have Barry Bieber chase me around for mucking training up. Those were the days. Ha. I played most of my career with Chelsea , but had a year with Moore Park early on when we couldn`t field a side and also later on for the same reason I played one year with a Botany side. We also used to play park footy on saturdays for a while . That was pretty good . We had a bloke (forget his name ) used to kick goals from half way without boots. Ha. A couple of us played for Paddo Colts in the Easts Saturday comp one year as well as playing for Chelsea Sunday at the same time. (I don`t know if that was allowed) that was a hard year.
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Charles "Chica" Riddell I could not tell you the year I started all I remember is I was
about 8 years old.

I played with Chelsea up until E grade. In F grade we were undefeated ( 1963 or 1964 ) until the semis and lost both.

In 1964 or 1965 E grade we went through undefeated and won the comp. After that I went
and played with Zetland. As far as reps go I think it was called Oatley Shield then and I was also picked for Presidents Cup but at around the same time I was also picked out of the barrel to do National Service so that was 2 years down the drain.

I live on the Central Coast and I am 65 years old ( just retired ) and I don't get to see any the boys any more.
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Graham Roberts Not sure of the grades,but played from 1968,69,70 and half way through 71 when my dad Ron Roberts moved us to the goldcoast.i played in the winning souths s.g.ball team in 69.and the losing jersey flegg team in 71.my brother peter also played those years and ballboyed for chelsea too.
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Dave Seeto Played for SS Fernleighs & Chelsea
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Tassie Stavrianos Played for Chelsea 1958 and 1960, runner up both years.
1958 we were undefeated until the grand final.
In both years played 5/8 and full back and was goal kicker
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Victor Tagliaferro Victor played for Chelsea from 1970 to 1973 starting as an
11 yearold and was an exceptional attacking player with flair to burn.
His teammates included John Nehme, Scott Towers-Hammond,
Kelvin Hoskins, Stelio Fenarkis,John Devcic and Warren Aitchison.

His family moved to the St George district in the mid 70s where he and his brother Paul both
played for Arncliffe Scots at least in the U16s in 1975. Paul also played for Chelsea.

Victor developed into a brilliant touch footballer at the highest level and whilst representing Australia at the 1991 World Cup he was voted as the World's Best Touch Footballer.
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Russell Taylor
Chelsea - Player/Captain "G" Grade 1959 & 1960
Played with Denis Yates and John Sullivan under coach Peter Norton
Other Clubs - various grades include
Botany RSL and later (Balmain Juniors) Codocks, Millers Point and Pyrmont Colts then later with Arncliffe Scots, Nelson Bay and Umina Bunnies
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Rick Thomas
Hi Scott
My name is Rick Thomas and I played all of those years ago for Chelsea.
I played in the C grade team at the time, with the likes of Ian Phillips and Learco Pustetto.

I started playing rugby league at 5 years of age and at the time was living in Glebe,
so played all of my junior league in the Balmain area For the Leichhardt Coaching Class club
and Glebe Youth.,

I then went to the Newtown area where I played for the Addison Royals and Hurlstone Park.

I was Chosen at Fullback in the Newtown S G Ball Team (Then known as the Bluebags,
before becoming the Jets). We actually played South Sydney (if my memory is correct)
in the final that year and won in a close game but were disqualified due to our second rower lying about his age, someone had recognised him and dobbed him in, fair enough too.

My memory is not as clear as it used to be, Trying to remember who introduced me to
the Chelsea Club, may have been Greg Wynn. I then played with Chelsea C grade and also had a couple of games in the A grade when the guys were short.

I actually cannot remember how many seasons I played for Chelsea but I remember it was a
fantastic club with amazing people and I had the best time of my life there. I remember Ian Phillips of course, cant forget those David Bowie parties!! ha ha and the Votano brothers, mad Learco (I see he has got all grey hair now!!) please say hi to him for me as well.(if he remembers me)

I remember one night when we had been at the Crown hotel and had a few too many and Learco had his pushbike outside the pub and somehow, he managed to pushbike back home with me on the back to his parents house, in the pouring rain. I dont think his mum was too impressed.

Lots more stories I remember, I hope I can meet up the the guys at some stage, have a few beers and tell and hear some stories. This is a fantastic website, I came across it by accident while surfing the net. You guys have done a great job and Ken is really onto it as well.

Couldn’t believe when I looked at the photos etc.

I have been living in New Zealand for many years, I have two Children, a girl and a boy, all grown up now.
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Harold Thompson
1. Chelsea United F.C
2. South Sydney F.C
3. Turvey Park F.C.

Now known as Harry Thompson

Not very much to tell.
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Warren Thompson
1957 - 1962 Chelsea United
1962 - 1965 South Sydney
1966 - 1967 Norths - Wollongong
1968 - 1969 North Sydney
1970 - 1971 St George
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John Tougher I played my first year of C Grade with Belmore Old Boys 1964, then my second year of C Grade with Alexandria Rovers in 1965. This was followed by both years of B Grade with Alexandria Rovers 1966 & 67
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Scott Towers-Hammond
1968 - 1969 Stenners Roosters Eastern Suburbs Sub Juniors
1970 - 1972 Chelsea United U/12 - U14
1973 - 1974 Waratah Mayfield U15 - U16
1977 - 1979 Newcastle Tech Rugby Union
1980 - Allawah A-Grade / St George U23
1982 - The Waratahs Newcastle Rugby Union
1983 - 1987 Newcastle Tech Rugby Union
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Ken Vessey First played for Chelsea in 1956 F grade undefeated premiers and played E,D,C and B grades plus in 1963 and 1964 South Sydney Presidents Cup winning teams ; whilst attending night school ( 4 nights a week )for the Leaving Certificate in 1960 I played for Moore Park Juniors because I could not attend Chelsea training nights but I returned to Chelsea as soon as my studies at night were over .
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Paul Votano Chelsea, 1970-1981, Alexandria Rovers 1980
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Alan Webb Redfern United F Grade 1957, Chelsea F Grade Premiers 1958, 1959, D Grade 1960 Runners Up, Premiers 1961, 1962 C Grade Premiers 1963, Alexandria Rovers B Grade Premiers 1964, 1965, and 1966. South Sydney Jersey Flegg Premiers 1962, South Sydney President Cup Premiers 1965. Arncliffe Scots 2nd Division 1967 Reserve Grade Premiers, 1968, 1969.
I played in 11 premiership winning teams in 9 years.
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Gary Wildman Started with Chelsea (F Grade) 1958 through to 1962 (C Grade). Represented in Jersey Flegg (inaugural year 61 & 62?). Also played Presidents Cup 65 & 66

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