Sel Lisle
{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Sel Lisle
|fullname = Selwyn Sydney Lisle
|birth_date = 29 April 1921
|birth_place = Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|1999|3|26|1921|4|29|df=yes}}
|retired = yes
|position = {{rlp|HB}}
|club1 = Eastern Suburbs
|year1start = 1940
|year1end = 47
|appearances1 = 73
|tries1 = 34
|goals1 = 15
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 132
|teamA = New South Wales
|yearAstart = 1946
|yearAend =
|appearancesA = 1
|triesA = 0
|goalsA = 0
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 0
|teamB = NSW City
|yearBstart = 1942
|yearBend =
|appearancesB = 1
|triesB = 0
|goalsB = 0
|fieldgoalsB = 0
|pointsB = 0
|updated = 21 June 2019
}}
Selwyn Sydney Lisle (29 April 1921 – 26 March 1999) was an Australian rugby league player, a first-grade New South Wales Rugby League premiership winning halfback who played in the 1940s who made a number of New South Wales representative appearances.Alan Whiticker, Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 2005 Lisle played for the Eastern Sububs club from 1940–42 and 1944–47.
Playing career
A halfback, Lisle was a member of Easts' premiership winning sides of the 1940 NSWRFL season. He was the 1941 NSWRFL season's top try scorer with 13 tries and played in the Easts side that finished runner up that year.(www.rugbyleagueproject.org) In 1942, Lisle was a City Firsts Representative. The second world war interrupted his playing career. Lisle enlisted in the Australian Army in 1942, as a gunner. He was discharged in April 1945 and he resumed his playing career at Eastern Suburbs.World war Two Nominal Roll (www.ww2roll.gov.au) He played in the Easts team that worth 1945 NSWRFL season's premiership. In 1946 Lisle represented NSW in the interstate series against Queensland. He was selected at Half back in the New South Wales team to play Great Britain on 1 June 1946.Sydney Morning Herald: "New Half At Work when Chosen" Sel Lisle: Article and Photo. 29/05/1946. (page 9)
A long-term Clovelly, New South Wales resident, Lisle died on 26 March 1999, age 77.Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice (29 march 1999)
References
{{Reflist}}
- The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League; Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson
{{Eastern Suburbs squad - 1940 NSWRFL premiers}}
{{Eastern Suburbs squad - 1945 NSWRFL premiers}}
{{National Rugby League top try scorers}}
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