John Quayle

John Quayle (born 1947) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s, and administrator of the 1980s and 1990s. An Australia national and New South Wales state representative lock or second-row forward, he played in the NSWRFL Premiership for the Eastern Suburbs and Parramatta clubs. Following his retirement Quayle became the NSWRL's first General Manager and later the ARL's chief executive officer.

Playing

Quayle began playing football in country New South Wales with Manilla's rugby league club as a boy, playing all his junior football with the local club. He rose through the ranks of all grades and joined Sydney's Eastern Suburbs team in 1968. At the end of the 1972 NSWRFL season he played for Easts as a second-row forward in their grand final loss to Manly-Warringah. The following season Quayle joined Parramatta and also was selected to play for Sydney then New South Wales. He was selected to play for Australia in the 1975 Rugby League World Series, becoming Kangaroo No. 491.

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