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Videos - A tribute to the Seven Australian rugby league immortals Reg Gasnier, Clive Churchill, Bob Fulton, Johnny Raper, Changa Langlands, and Arthur Beetson, includes talk of whether Andrew Johns should become the eighth. To view just click the Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae4cGeJWVKA

5/08/2006
The Sea Eagles greatest ever team was announced this evening at a gala function at the Manly Leagues Club. The black tie event was attended by over 400 people including Sea Eagles greats from the past and present. The greatest ever Manly side was selected by an astute panel of judges and announced to enormous applause by the Sea Eagles greatest son Ken Arthurson.

Stats available from 1976 on -

NEW SOUTH WALES 1967 - 78
16 GAMES 14 TRIES 42 POINTS

MANLY & EASTS 268 GAMES
147 TRIES, 26 GOALS, 58 FIELD GOALS, Total = 598 POINTS

WARRINGTON.
Debut: 10/10/1969
Last game 08/02/1970
Starts 16
Starts + substitutions 16
Tries 16
Drop goals 1
Goals 0
Points 50

Living in the Manly area since 1961 as a kid, Bobby Fulton was a hero to all us youngsters.

Ive got vague memories of a Test match he played against England in the early seventies (I think)that
I saw on TV.

Bobby had just been tackled and was about to play the ball. Phil Lowe (who ended up at the Sea Eagles himself), was marking him and swung a punch that missed by miles. A real air swing. Fulton went
down as though he had been shot.

Poor Lowe got sent off and as he was leaving the field Fulton got up and heckled him as he was leaving the
ground.

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Joe Reaiche
New York
United States
Bob Fulton: I played with him at Easts
Bob Fulton was to me the ultimate professional athlete.

He trained like no other at footy training stayed later like 40 mins doing sprints then had to go back to his family at Manly where he lived etc he never let his team down in any game and was always about football and a great family man.

One day we were playing St George at Leichardt Oval...we were struggling and he was Capt and was playing lockforward that night. I was at fullback and after a scrum he got trampled on with the studs cutting a big gash over his right eye lid...he was in pain and discomfort and could not see thru it and played with one eye open the entire game but he held the team up and stopped 2 certain tries with cover defending tackles got the team focused and we won that night...I did not appreciate his professionalism fully until after my retirement years but he was a real insipration to me and the players.

Regards
Joe Reaiche
Easts Fullback

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Cliff Lyons

"Bozo has had more influence on me than any coach. He understands the game better than the rest and he isn't a ranter or a raver. He uses and urges players to use their specialist skills. I enjoy playing in teams where he is in charge and I'm fortunate to have had his influence through the major part of my career."

Quotes derived from:
http://www.seaeagles.com.au
The Sea Eagle Has Landed, by Robert Smith;
Arko: My Game, by Ken Arthurson;
The Moose that Roared, by Rex Mossop;
..and other miscellaneous sources.

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Graham Eadie

"I was very happy at Manly, and I think Ken Arthurson had a lot to do with that. He was the man that gave the place its harmony. He kept all the good players together, many of them stayed for a lot less than they were offered from other clubs. You only have to look at the other clubs to see why Manly is so successful. The others are always chopping and changing with players and officials, whereas Manly has a whole host of blokes who played more than 200 or more first grade games. Thompson, Fulton, Randall, Vautin, Bob Batty, Freddie Jones, Max Krilich and myself - that's a lot of people in the '200' club."

Quotes derived from:
http://www.seaeagles.com.au
The Sea Eagle Has Landed, by Robert Smith;
Arko: My Game, by Ken Arthurson;
The Moose that Roared, by Rex Mossop;
..and other miscellaneous sources.

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Rex Mossop, (nominating his best-ever Sea Eagles player)

"Bob Fulton without a doubt. He was a special player, one who always played to the very limit of his ability. He was tough, he was competitive, he could defend as well as attack. He was good at everything he did. I'd have no hesitation in putting him in my top five players ever."

Quotes derived from:
http://www.seaeagles.com.au
The Sea Eagle Has Landed, by Robert Smith;
Arko: My Game, by Ken Arthurson;
The Moose that Roared, by Rex Mossop;
..and other miscellaneous sources.

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Geoff Toovey, (on Bob Fulton):

"People like Boze have an aura about them that creates positive attitudes to everyone within the club. With Boze there was always a great feeling around the place that you had something special ... an air of confidence you felt other clubs didn't have."

Quotes derived from:
http://www.seaeagles.com.au
The Sea Eagle Has Landed, by Robert Smith;
Arko: My Game, by Ken Arthurson;
The Moose that Roared, by Rex Mossop;
..and other miscellaneous sources.

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i follow the broncos and queensland but my dad said the only reason qld. won the first state of origin was because arthur beetson was'nt playing against bob fulton at the time.

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In 1963, the 1st test was a night game at Wembley and Gasnier was at his imperious best. He's still the greatest centre I've seen. He never looked as though he was moving, but nobody could get near him. He had class to burn. Then we had the 50 - 12 game at Swinton. The die was cast and I think it gave Australian players the self belief to upset history. Since then of course we've only won one test series (1970), but I believe it was won on the back of my favourite all time player Malcom Reilly; and Roger Millward. They were the difference on that Tour. Many of the series around that time were close and different players stood just above to make the difference. I believe that in 67 it was a John Raper / Ron Coote combination as the game breakers. The test when they won in the snow typified the Australian never-say-die spirit.

In 73 Artie was head and shoulders above the rest.

In 74 it was Ron Coote's famous tackle on Steve Nash that broke our resolve.

In 78 we would have won that series but for the half back combo of Tom R and Bobby Fulton. Fulton was the finest captain of a touring team that I've seen and he lead from the front. Most of the players were young and inexperienced and making their first Tours, but players like Rod Reddy and Craig Young came up trumps. It was also the best test debut I have seen in the decider at Headingley. Les Boyd tortured us for an hour and came off injured, but by then the game and the series were run.

Apart from 1990 when we was within a minute of squaring the series, but for Ricky Stuart's breakout and Big Mal Meninga; since then we've been an embarrassment since 1978. But then we don't have players of the calibre of Reilly, Huddart, McTigue, Millward, Ashton, Murphy, Mick Sullivan.

Personally, I deride the modern game. The scrums are a joke and the 10 metre rule has killed off the great ball playing backs like Murphy and Millward in the British game. Same in the forwards. In those days you had to have the skills to break defences, because they were stood on top of you. Artie was the best ball playing forward I've seen and McTigue wasn't far behind.

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Heard another good story about the 78 Tour, don't know if it's true. Apparently the Oz tourists had some wrestling matches as part of training, and that they sometimes got out of hand with a bit of claret showing. The two strongest in these comps were Tommy T and Bob Fulton; the two halfbacks.

What I'm certain of is that the Australians wouldn't have won that series without Fulton and Raudonikis. They were absolutely terrific and led from the front. The rest of the players were very inexperienced and had few caps between them.

Finally, I'm sure I saw in Rugby League Week that we used to get from Oz, that TR did indeed say he was looking forward to playing a hard game after the tests in '79.

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