Coaching Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Eric William Lewis
- Born
- Monday, 20th September, 1909
- Died
- Friday, 17th April, 1959 (Aged 49 years and 209 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Another product of Christian Brothers Waverley, Lewis played in Griffith in 1931 before venturing back to Souths. The talented forward first played for NSW in 1935 and represented Australia in two Tests on the tour of NZ. A 1937-38 Kangaroo, Lewis played in seven Tests on tour; two against NZ, three against England and two on the ground-breaking tour of France. Souths coach in 1945, Lewis is credited with precipitating Souths' 'golden era' in the 1950s when he discovered a raw-boned prop playing for the Armed Services in Papua New Guinea at the end of the war. He talked the young player, Jack Rayner, into trialling with Souths after his demobilisation and the rest is history.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Coaching Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
| Competition | Games | W | L | D | Win % | |||||||||
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| NRL | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7.14% | List | ||||||||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1945 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7.14% | List | |||||||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
| South Sydney | 1945 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7.14% | List | |||||||
Contributions:
Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Bill Bates
Sources:
Newspapers, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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