Mark Cannon (rugby league)
{{Short description|Australian rugby league player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|3|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = New South Wales, Australia
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| position = {{rlp|FE|FB|CE|LK}}
| club1 = St. George Dragons
| year1start = 1982
| year1end = 85
| appearances1 = 20
| tries1 = 3
| goals1 = 4
| fieldgoals1 = 0
| points1 = 17
| club2 = →Wigan
| year2start = 1983
| year2end = 84
| appearances2 = 33
| tries2 = 21
| goals2 = 0
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| points2 = 84
| club3 = →Barrow
| year3start = 1984
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| appearances3 = 6
| tries3 = 7
| goals3 = 0
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| points3 = 28
| club4 = North Sydney Bears
| year4start = 1986
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| appearances4 = 55
| tries4 = 16
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Mark Cannon (born 25 March 1961) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the North Sydney Bears and the St. George Dragons in the 1980s.
Rugby league career
A utility back, Cannon played his early rugby league in Lismore and was an Australian Schoolboys representative.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110975471 |title=Schoolboys' rugby league Test |newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=26 December 1979 |accessdate=26 June 2019 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}
From 1982 to 1985 he played for St. George, where he was used as a five-eighth. Most of his first-grade appearances came in his debut season but in 1983 he featured in St. George's minor preliminary final win over Balmain.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. {{ISBN|1875169571}}
While at St. George he played two seasons in England with Wigan and in the 1983-84 tournament helped Wigan reach its first Challenge Cup final since 1970, which they went on to lose to Widnes, with Cannon as five-eighth.{{cite news |last1=Spinks |first1=Steve |title=Cannon's super recall |url=https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/cannons-super-recall/309169/ |work=The Northern Star |date=1 September 2009 |language=en}}
In his final year with St. George in 1985 he was a member of the club's reserves premiership winning team.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128258547 |title=Late try scalps Raiders |newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=30 September 1985 |accessdate=26 June 2019 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Cannon crossed to North Sydney in 1986 and was a regular fixture in the first-grade side for his first two seasons. In addition to five-eighth, he also played at North Sydney as centre, fullback and lock. He later served as a North Sydney assistant coach.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118150391 |title=Origin takes toll on club line-ups |newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=14 June 1991 |accessdate=26 June 2019 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mark-cannon/summary.html Mark Cannon] at Rugby League project
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Category:Australian expatriate rugby league players in England
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Category:Barrow Raiders players
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Category:St. George Dragons players
Category:Wigan Warriors players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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