Tony Currie (rugby league)

{{short description|Australia international rugby league footballer and coach}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}

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|name = Tony Currie

|fullname = Tony Maxwell Currie

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|position = {{rlp|CE|FB|WG}}

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|12|25}}

|birth_place = Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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|retired = yes

|club1 = Wests (Brisbane)

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|club2 = Redcliffe

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|club3 = Leeds

|year3start = 1984

|year3end = 85

|appearances3 = 64

|tries3 = 35

|goals3 = 0

|fieldgoals3 = 0

|points3 = 140

|club4 = {{nowrap|Canterbury-Bankstown}}

|year4start = 1986

|year4end = 88

|appearances4 = 39

|tries4 = 14

|goals4 = 0

|fieldgoals4 = 0

|points4 = 56

|club5 = Brisbane Broncos

|year5start = 1989

|year5end = 92

|appearances5 = 38

|tries5 = 13

|goals5 = 0

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|points5 = 52

|teamA = Queensland

|yearAstart = 1982

|yearAend = 89

|appearancesA = 15

|triesA = 3

|goalsA = 0

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|pointsA = 12

|teamB = Australia

|yearBstart = 1988

|yearBend = 89

|appearancesB = 7

|triesB = 2

|goalsB = 0

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|pointsB = 8

|coachteam1 = London Broncos

|coachyear1start = 1996

|coachyear1end = 98

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|source = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Tony_Currie.html Rugby League Project][http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Tony-Currie_2213.aspx Yesterday's Hero] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810160510/http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Tony-Currie_2213.aspx |date=10 August 2012}}

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Tony Currie (born 25 December 1962) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He is of Aboriginal descent and played for the Australian side, State of Origin for Queensland. At club level he played for the Brisbane Broncos, and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in Australia, appearing in premiership-winning sides for both teams, as well as Leeds in England.