Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John Robert Walter Redman
- Born
- Friday, 10th July, 1914
- Died
- Thursday, 5th July, 1945 (Aged 30 years and 360 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Rated one of the best locks of the 1930s, Redman started his career in the centres with University in 1933 before moving to Balmain. He was a centre in the club's loss to a champion Easts team in the 1936 final but moved to the forwards soon after. Redman represented NSW in 1939 and was a try-scorer in Balmain's 33-4 win over Souths in the premiership final. Redman was killed in Borneo in the final days of World War II whilst on a flight over enemy territory.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Served in WWII with the RAAF. He was shot down near Balakapan in Borneo.
Playing 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 | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| NRL | 87 | 42 | - | - | 126 | 44 | 37 | 6 | 50.57% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 5 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 8 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Possibles (AU) | 1937 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1937 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Combined City | 1939-40 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1939 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1939 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1943 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1937-1943 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| University | NSWRFL 1933 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| University | NSWRFL 1934 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.11% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1935 | 16 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1936 | 11 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1937 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1938 | 14 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1939 | 15 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 73.33% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1940 | 13 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 46.15% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| University | 1933-34 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10.00% | List | |||
| Balmain | 1935-40 | 77 | 41 | - | - | 123 | 43 | 29 | 5 | 55.84% | List | |||
| Overall | 1933-1940 | 87 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 44 | 37 | 6 | 50.57% | List | |||
Contributions:
Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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