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Full name | Gerald Patrick Scully | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 21 November 1920 Cammeray, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 3 August 1999 Griffith, New South Wales | (aged 78)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gerald Scully (1920-1999) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. Scully played in the NSWRFL premiership for North Sydney and Newtown as a lock.
Scully began his first grade career in 1939 aged 18 with Norths and played in the 1943 NSWRL grand final defeat against Newtown in front of a crowd of 60,922 which was a record attendance for a grand final at the time.
In 1947, Scully played one season with Newtown and his final game in first grade was the semi-final defeat against Canterbury.[2]
Gerald Scully was an Australian serviceman during World War Two, serving as a Gunner in the 54 Australian Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment. [3]