Roy Westaway

Roy Westaway
Personal information
Full nameRoy Lionel Westaway
Born(1917-12-08)8 December 1917
Warwick, QLD, Australia
Died24 December 1975(1975-12-24) (aged 58)
Playing information
PositionProp
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1941–46 Queensland 9 2 0 0 6
1946 Australia 2 0 0 0 0

Roy Lionel Westaway (8 December 1917 – 24 December 1975) was an Australian rugby league player.[1]

Born in Warwick, Queensland, Westaway was a Valleys prop and made his Queensland representative debut in 1941, before enlisting in the AIF. He served in New Guinea with the 2/5th Commando Squadron.[2]

Westaway resumed his representative career in 1945 and the following year was in the front-row for Australia in the first two Test matches of their home series against Great Britain.[3]

In 1947, Westaway joined Barcaldine as a player-coach.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Spotlights The Australians". The Daily Telegraph. 16 June 1946. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Sport In Brief". The Sun. 11 December 1941. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "May Be Test Star". The Daily Telegraph. 2 May 1945. p. 24 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Roy Westaway for Barcaldine". The Longreach Leader. 11 April 1947. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.