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Fred Pagano

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Playing Career

All information provided below is based on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Position(s)
Front row / Second row
Full Name
Fred Anthony Pagano
Nickname(s)
Fearless
Born
Tuesday, 13th October, 1953
Current Age
73 years and 3 days
Place Of Birth
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

Playing Career Statistics

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Club Career - Australia 🏆SRAPPT-3PT-3TGFG-1FGPtsSOWLDWin% 
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) -409494-4---12-1237-24.49%List
Preseason Cup -516--------33-50.00%List
Midweek Cup -5-5--------41-80.00%List
Overall SRAPPT-3PT-3TGFG-1FGPtsSOWLDWin% 
First Class 5010604-4---12-1941-31.67%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

TeamSeason SRAPPT-3PT-3TGFG-1FGPtsSOWLDWin% 
CronullaCronulla19731973 NSWRFL -22--------2--100.00%List
CronullaCronulla19751975 NSWRFL 9312--------57-41.67%List
CronullaCronulla19761976 NSWRFL 224--------13-25.00%List
NewtownNewtown19771977 NSWRFL 22-224-4---12-220-9.09%List
NewtownNewtown19781978 NSWRFL 224---------4-0.00%List
SouthsSouth Sydney19791979 NSWRFL 5-5--------23-40.00%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

TeamYears SRAPPT-3PT-3TGFG-1FGPtsSOWLDWin% 
Cronulla1973, 1975-76 11718--------810-44.44%List
Newtown1977-78 242264-4---12-224-7.69%List
South Sydney1979 5-5--------23-40.00%List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    25 Jun 2015 9:35am

    what about the tackle count? average plus 40 per game

  • Bluey
    20 Nov 2015 11:32am

    Never saw a player who was so involved defensively. His tackle counts were huge.

  • bill askie
    6 Apr 2016 9:12pm

    my memory of fred pagano was of a player with the Camden rams in 1972. what a powerhouse runner of the ball he was.my memory of him having his jumper torn from his back by a desperate defender in a futile effort to stop him scoring a tearaway try will stay with me for life. he was a superb defender and a very heavy tackler as well as being a devastating runner of the ball. graham hughes and co. please take note that he could be devastating in attack as well as in defence.

  • Anonymous
    21 Jul 2017 4:31pm

    When playing for Newtown jets in the 1970s I remember Fred often making 50 or more tackles as reported in the Daily Mirror

  • Ed
    11 Jan 2020 6:44pm

    Played for Illawarra Collegians after leaving Souths.

  • Anonymous
    4 May 2022 12:15am

    A great bloke

  • Chicka
    15 Jul 2022 11:06pm

    Massive tackle count at Newton when they won 2 games in a season, so imagine his defence

  • Ulysses
    24 Aug 2022 10:56am

    Remember, the first player to regularly average 50 tackles per game. Now some of the three-man-efforts you see blokes up around 70 per match!

  • Christian walker
    18 Feb 2025 7:35pm

    I am only 35 years old so never got to see Freddy play, but I know him through work he drove concrete agi trucks up until late 2024, he could have retired years ago but he just loved getting out and about seeing everyone, such a lovely bloke always has a smile on his face, and he loved to reminisce on the footy days, and the old days in general, what a legend of a bloke.
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  • Gstevo
    27 Nov 2025 7:10pm

    I remember he had over 50 tackles every game a workhorse

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