Sam Faust
{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Sam Faust
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|position = {{rlp|SR|LK}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1984|9|24|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Proserpine, Queensland, Australia
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|5|23|1984|9|24|df=yes}}
|death_place = Townsville, Queensland, Australia
|height = {{convert|186|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|100|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|club1 = North Queensland
|year1start = 2007
|year1end = 08
|appearances1 = 23
|tries1 = 0
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 0
|retired = yes
|source = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/sam-faust/summary.html Rugby League Project]
|updated = 23 August 2008
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Sam Faust (24 September 1984 – 23 May 2011) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League competition.
Playing career
Faust spent time at the St. George Illawarra Dragons under coach Steve Price.[http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2011/05/11/230091_news.html Race day raises funds for Sam Faust] Townsville Bulletin, 11 May 2011 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913061055/http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2011/05/11/230091_news.html|date=13 September 2012 }} He won the Jersey Flegg best and fairest award in 2003 and the coach's award in 2004 before spending 2005 with the top 25 man squad.[http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/origin-teams-to-honour-the-short-life-of-a-colleague-20110523-1f0v4.html Origin teams to honour the short life of a colleague] Sydney Morning Herald, 24 May 2011 However Faust could not break into first grade and he returned to Queensland, joining the North Queensland Cowboys.
He made his first grade debut for the Cowboys in Round 10 of the 2007 season against Parramatta. He went on to play in 13 matches that season and another ten in 2008.
By 2009 Faust was playing part-time for the Central Tigers in the Townsville Rugby League competition and completing a carpentry apprenticeship.[http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2009/11/14/93931_cowboys.html Sam Faust fighting on] Townsville Bulletin, 14 November 2009 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913061112/http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2009/11/14/93931_cowboys.html|date=13 September 2012 }}
Later years
Faust was diagnosed with Acute myeloid leukemia in 2009 and died on 23 May 2011.{{cite news|title=Former Cowboys player Faust dies|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/23/3224099.htm?site=sport§ion=rugbyleague|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113000328/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/23/3224099.htm?site=sport§ion=rugbyleague|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 November 2012|date=23 May 2011|accessdate=23 May 2011|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia}}
Faust was a father of three.{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/5042461/Former-NRL-player-Sam-Faust-dies-of-leukaemia|title=Former NRL player Sam Faust dies of leukaemia|date=23 May 2011|agency=AAP|work=Stuff.co.nz|accessdate=7 November 2011}}
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Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:North Queensland Cowboys players
Category:Rugby league second-rows
Category:Australian carpenters
Category:Deaths from acute myeloid leukemia
Category:Deaths from leukemia in Australia
Category:Deaths from cancer in Queensland
Category:Rugby league players from Queensland