Eddie Lumsden
{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer and administrator (1936–2019)}}
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|fullname = Edmund Lumsden
|birth_date = {{birth date|1936|09|28|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Kurri Kurri, New South Wales
|death_date = {{death date and age|2019|10|06|1936|09|28|df=y}}
|death_place = East Maitland, New South Wales
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|club2 = Manly-Warringah
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Edmund Lumsden (28 September 1936 – 6 October 2019) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He was a {{rlp|wg}} with the St. George Dragons during their eleven-year premiership winning run from 1956 to 1966, playing in and winning nine grand finals. Lumsden is one of four brothers who all played for Country. Jack Lumsden played for Manly and Australia. Eddie Lumsden's twin, Richie, and his other brother, Ray, were both "bush footballers".{{cite magazine |title=Legend Q&A |magazine=Rugby League Week |date=11 July 2007 |pages=22–23 |author=Tony Adams}}
Playing career
Lumsden moved from Kurri Kurri in 1955 to play with Sydney's Manly-Warringah club. After four games he was ruled ineligible on the grounds he didn't reside in the area.
In 1956 Lumsden represented Country seconds and while playing for Country he was seen by the St. George Dragons. He was offered £300 and a job with the MWS&DB.
In his debut Sydney season with the St. George Dragons in 1957, he represented both Sydney firsts and New South Wales.
He was the competition's leading try scorer in 1958 (18 tries) and 1962 (21 tries). He was the second post-war player after Ian Moir to score a century of tries. He gained selection in the Australia national team, becoming Kangaroo No. 346.ARL annual report 2005, page 54 On the 1959–60 Kangaroo tour he played in all six Tests and 21 minor tour matches scoring 25 tries in total, topping both the try-scoring list and tally for most matches played by an Australian on the tour. Becoming a regular selection for Australia, he played international matches against France's national team in 1961; Great Britain in the 1962 Ashes series; New Zealand's national team in 1963; with his last Test appearance against South Africa in 1963. He reached this milestone in his 100th game during the 1963 season.
He retired from the game after the Dragons' eleventh consecutive premiership in 1966.
Eddie Lumsden won nine premierships with the St. George Dragons during his 10-year career at the club and is remembered as one of the greatest wingers of his era. He played 158 games with the club and scored 136 tries.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ({{ISBN|1875169571}})
Post-playing
After working as a wine merchant Lumsden enjoyed business success managing, then buying and selling hotels. He was awarded Life Membership of the St. George Dragons in 1969.Dragons- our proud history.com Lumsden became a rugby league selector in 1977 for Country and NSW, spending 23 years in the position, and 14 years as an Australian selector. Lumsden died on 6 October 2019 at the age of 83.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/dragons/st-george-ninetime-premiership-winner-eddie-lumsden-dies/news-story/720aba61e9d869570ec2ce4f06e378f0|title = Nine-time premiership winner Lumsden dies|date = 6 October 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/12/23/vale-nrl-in-memoriam-2019/|title=Vale: NRL in Memoriam 2019|publisher=National Rugby League|date=27 December 2019}}
Accolades
In February 2008, Lumsden was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to
celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.{{cite web
|title=Centenary of Rugby League – The Players
|url=http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/the-players.aspx?cat=3&list=true
|access-date=2008-02-23
|date=2008-02-23
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226180521/http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/the-players.aspx?cat=3&list=true
|archive-date=26 February 2008
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In 2010 he was named on the wing in Kurri Rugby League Club's team of the century.{{cite news|last=cessnockadvertiser.com.au|title=Kurri Rugby League Club announces Team of the Century|url=http://www.cessnockadvertiser.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/kurri-rugby-league-club-announces-team-of-the-century/1891170.aspx|access-date=2 April 2011|newspaper=The Advertiser|date=21 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308043221/http://www.cessnockadvertiser.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/kurri-rugby-league-club-announces-team-of-the-century/1891170.aspx|archive-date=8 March 2011}}
On 20 July 2022, Lumsden was named in the St. George Dragons District Rugby League Clubs team of the century.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2022/07/20/gasnier-joins-immortals-in-st-george-dragons-team-of-the-century/|title=Gasnier joins Immortals in St George Dragons 'Team of the Century'|publisher=National Rugby League}}
References
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Footnotes
- Writer, Larry (1995) Never Before, Never Again, Pan MacMillan, Sydney
- {{cite book| last1=Whiticker|first1=Alan|last2=Hudson|first2=Glen|title=The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players|year=2007|publisher=Gary Allen Pty Ltd|location=Wetherill Park, New South Wales|isbn=978-1-877082-93-1|page=609}}
- Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
- {{cite journal| author = Tony Adams| title = Legend Q&A| journal = Rugby League Week| issue =11 July 2007|pages = 22–23| publisher = PBLMedia| location = Sydney, NSW}}
{{St. George Dragons squad 1957 NSWRFL premiership}}
{{St. George Dragons squad 1958 NSWRFL premiership}}
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{{St. George Dragons squad 1962 NSWRFL premiership}}
{{St. George Dragons squad 1963 NSWRFL premiership}}
{{St. George Dragons squad 1964 NSWRFL premiership}}
{{St. George Dragons squad 1965 NSWRFL premiership}}
{{St. George Dragons squad 1966 NSWRFL premiership}}
{{1959-60 Kangaroo Tour squad}}
{{National Rugby League top try scorers}}
{{Country Rugby League Team of the Century}}
{{Newcastle Rugby League Team of the Century}}
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