Paddy Bugden

{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}

{{distinguish|Patrick Bugden}}

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{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Paddy Bugden

|fullname = Patrick Alfred Bugden

|birth_date = {{birth date|1918|12|18|df=y}}

|birth_place = Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

|death_date = {{death date and age|1993|02|17|1918|12|18|df=y}}

|death_place = Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia

|retired = yes

|position = {{rlp|HB}}

|club1 = Newtown

|year1start = 1942

|year1end = 43

|appearances1 = 30

|tries1 = 3

|goals1 = 0

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 9

|club2 = Western Suburbs

|year2start = 1944

|year2end =

|appearances2 = 7

|tries2 = 0

|goals2 = 0

|fieldgoals2 = 0

|points2 = 0

|club3 = Newtown

|year3start = 1945

|year3end = 47

|appearances3 = 19

|tries3 = 6

|goals3 = 0

|fieldgoals3 = 0

|points3 = 18

|coachteam1 = Western Suburbs

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|coachyear1end =

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}}

Patrick Alfred 'Paddy' Bugden (18 December 1918 – 17 February 1993) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.

Playing career

File:1943 Newtown premiers.jpg

Bugden started his rugby league career at Marist Brothers, Lismore, New South Wales. He was a half-back who played five seasons for Newtown between 1942–1943 and 1945–1947. He also played one season with Western Suburbs in 1944.

The highlight of his career was playing in Newtown's winning 1943 Grand Final winning team that defeated North Sydney.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995. ({{ISBN|1875169571}})

Bugden died on 17 February 1993, aged 74.Sydney Morning Herald, Death notice 19/2/1993

References

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{{Succession box

| before = {{nowrap|Henry Bolewski}}
1944

| after = {{nowrap|Frank McMillan}}
1945

| title = Coach
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| years = 1944

}}

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{{Newtown squad 1943 NSWRFL premiership}}

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Category:1918 births

Category:1993 deaths

Category:Australian rugby league players

Category:Newtown Jets players

Category:Rugby league halfbacks

Category:Rugby league players from Lismore, New South Wales

Category:Western Suburbs Magpies captains

Category:Western Suburbs Magpies coaches

Category:Western Suburbs Magpies players

Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen