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Fred Pagano

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Playing Career

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

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Fred Anthony Pagano
Nickname(s)
Fearless
Born
Tuesday, 13th October, 1953
Current Age
72 years and 242 days
Place Of Birth
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

Playing Career Statistics

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Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - 40 9 49 4-4 - - - 12 - - - 12 37 - 24.49% List
Preseason Cup - 5 1 6 --- - - - - - - - 3 3 - 50.00% List
Midweek Cup - 5 - 5 --- - - - - - - - 4 1 - 80.00% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  50 10 60 4-4 - - - 12 - - - 19 41 - 31.67% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
CronullaCronulla 19731973 NSWRFL   - 2 2--- - - - - - - - 2 - - 100.00% List
CronullaCronulla 19751975 NSWRFL   9 3 12--- - - - - - - - 5 7 - 41.67% List
CronullaCronulla 19761976 NSWRFL   2 2 4--- - - - - - - - 1 3 - 25.00% List
NewtownNewtown 19771977 NSWRFL   22 - 224-4 - - - 12 - - - 2 20 - 9.09% List
NewtownNewtown 19781978 NSWRFL   2 2 4--- - - - - - - - - 4 - 0.00% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19791979 NSWRFL   5 - 5--- - - - - - - - 2 3 - 40.00% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Cronulla 1973, 1975-76   11 7 18 --- - - - - - - - 8 10 - 44.44% List
Newtown 1977-78   24 2 26 4-4 - - - 12 - - - 2 24 - 7.69% List
South Sydney 1979   5 - 5 --- - - - - - - - 2 3 - 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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