Geoff Carr
{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2012}}
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Geoffrey Marc Carr {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 1952) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and administrated in the 1990s and 2000s. He was the CEO of the Australian Rugby League[http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25889695-23214,00.html "ARL CEO Geoff Carr says Karmichael Hunt will get no retirement fund" - foxports.com.au article by Wayne Heming (6 August 2009)] as well as the New South Wales Rugby League.
Playing career
Originally from Grafton, New South Wales, Carr played first grade in the NSWRL premiership with the St. George Dragons for five seasons between 1970 and 1975.{{Cite web |url=http://stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/players/Geoff_Carr.html |title=Geoff Carr at stats.rleague.com |access-date=27 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907085509/http://stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/players/Geoff_Carr.html |archive-date=7 September 2008 |url-status=dead }} and played in the 1971 Grand Final under mastercoach Jack Gibson.
Administrative career
Carr was appointed secretary of the St. George club in 1989.[http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=st-george St. George history at dragons.com.au] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525205559/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=st-george |date=25 May 2009 }} He later became the club's chief executive, and in 1995 after exploring the possibility of a merger with the Roosters in an attempt to match the turnover of the Brisbane Broncos, was sacked by his board.{{cite news
| last = Roy Masters
| author-link = Roy Masters (sport)
| title = Roosters may not like 'cap-ochino' but latte lovers aren't milking system
| work = The Sydney Morning Herald
| date = 28 July 2005
| url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/league/roosters-may-not-like-capochino-but-latte-lovers-arent-milkingsystem/2005/07/27/1122143906373.html
| accessdate = 2009-08-27}} He then joined the ARL and was team manager for Australia in their successful1995 World Cup campaign.{{cite news|last=Masters|first=Roy|title=Roos on top of the world|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&docID=news951030_0014_4943|accessdate=4 January 2014|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=30 October 1995}} Carr later also worked for the National Rugby League. Carr became CEO of the ARL in 2000
{{cite web
|title=ARL Development Activity Report 2006
|work=arldevelopment.com.au
|url=http://www.arldevelopment.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/ARLD_AR06_lowres.pdf|accessdate=2009-08-27
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023053056/http://www.arldevelopment.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/ARLD_AR06_lowres.pdf
|archivedate=23 October 2009
}} and was later appointed New South Wales Rugby League chief executive.{{cite news
| last = ninemsn.com.au
| title = Mundine calls NSW rugby league 'racist'
| work = National Nine News
| publisher = ninemsn Pty Ltd
| date = 2007-05-10
| url = http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=266257
| accessdate = 2009-08-27}}
He announced his retirement from full-time administration in 2013.[http://www.nrl.com/carr-to-stand-down-as-nsw-ceo/tabid/10874/newsid/72632/default.aspx?pid=nrlhome_featured Carr to stand down as NSWRL CEO] nrl.com, 31 May 2013
Carr was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours for "service to rugby league."{{cite news |last1=Stehle |first1=Mark |title=Australia Day Honours 2020: Full list of recipients |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/australia-day-honours-2020-full-list-of-recipients-20200125-p53uqy.html |accessdate=25 January 2020 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Nine Entertainment Co |date=25 January 2020}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Geoff-Carr_1636.aspx Geoff Carr at yesterdayshero.com.au]
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Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:St. George Dragons players
Category:Australian rugby league administrators
Category:Date of birth missing (living people)
Category:Rugby league players from Grafton, New South Wales
Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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