Dick See
{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
| name = Dick See
| fullname = Richard See
| image =
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| birth_date = 7 January 1935
| birth_place = Bronte, New South Wales, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2018|12|24|1935|1|7}}
| death_place = Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
| height =
| weight =
| position = {{Rlp|LK|SR}}
| club1 = Eastern Suburbs
| year1start = 1956
| year1end = 63
| appearances1 = 91
| tries1 = 2
| goals1 = 0
| fieldgoals1 = 0
| points1 = 6
| club2 = Newtown
| year2start = 1964
| year2end =
| appearances2 = 7
| tries2 = 2
| goals2 = 0
| fieldgoals2 = 0
| points2 = 6
| updated = 12 February 2019
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Richard See (1935–2018) was a rugby league footballer who competed in the Australian New South Wales Rugby League premiership (NSWRL).
Rugby League career
A long serving Lock forward, See played for Eastern Suburbs in one of the bleakest periods of the club's existence.
See played for Easts between 1956 and 1963, in those years the club only made the semis on one occasion. Eastern Suburbs went all the way to the grand final in 1960, only to be defeated by St George 31–6.
See also spent one season playing for the Newtown club in 1964.{{cite web|url=https://menofleague.com/2019/01/07/vale-richard-see/|title=Vale – Richard See|website=Men of League}}{{cite web|url=https://www.roosters.com.au/news/2019/01/10/in-memoriam--richard-dick-see/|title=In Memoriam Richard 'Dick' See|website=Sydney Roosters}}
Water Polo career
Dick See played for the Bronte Water Polo club in the Sydney first grade competition. He played alongside the Thornett brothers and won the Sydney first grade competition in the 1958/59, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62, and 1970/71 seasons.
See’s greatest individual accolade was representing NSW at the 1956 Australian championships.
See played water polo against Easts teammate Bill Roney. Roney represented the Bondi Water Polo club throughout his career.The Spirit of Bronte, page 112, 221, 325
References
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External links
- The Encyclopedia of Rugby League players - Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson
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