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Post by Electric Eel on May 26, 2020 21:07:49 GMT 10
Mitchell Wallace
Full name
Mitchell Wallace
Born
10 June 1922
Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Died
29 August 2016 (aged 94)
Parramatta 1949 - 1952
Games - 66
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Post by Electric Eel on May 26, 2020 21:08:07 GMT 10
Former Balmain winger, a member of the Tigers' losing grand final team in 1948, joined Parramatta the following year. Wallace scored a record 18 tries in 16 matches during the 1949 season (since bettered by Steve Ella in 1982), including a record four tries in a match (since bettered by Jamie Lyon).
Source: The encyclopedia of rugby league players - 2005.
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Post by Electric Eel on May 26, 2020 21:08:29 GMT 10
The Parramatta Eels are saddened to hear of the recent passing of former Eels player Mitchell Wallace, player number 35.
Mitchell played first grade for the Blue and Gold between 1949 and 1952 after previously playing for Balmain, including being part of their 1948 grand final team.
During his time with the Eels, Mitchell gained a strong reputation as a prolific winger scoring 57 tries during his 66 games with the Club.
The Club would like to pass on its deepest condolences to Mitchell’s family and as a mark of respect the team will wear black armbands in tonight’s Round 25 Parramatta Eels v St. George Illawarra Dragons game.
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Post by Electric Eel on May 26, 2020 21:09:14 GMT 10
Mitchell Wallace was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s. He played for Balmain Tigers and Parramatta Eels as a winger.
Playing career
Wallace played his junior rugby league with the Balmain Shamrocks and made his first grade debut for Balmain against Newton Rangers at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1945. In 1948, Wallace played on the wing for Balmain in the grand final defeat against Western Suburbs. In 1949, Wallace joined newly admitted club Parramatta. Despite the side languishing near the bottom of the ladder each year, Wallace finished as the top try scorer at the club in each of the four seasons he played there with most of his try scoring records standing until the club's golden era in the 1980s.
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1981 1982 1983 1986 
