Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Saturday, 29th March, 1958
- Current Age
- 66 years and 18 days
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Paul Gearin
- Father
- Jack Gearin
Biography
Baby-faced winger's career is illuminated by one golden moment in the 1980 grand final. Gearin scored one of the finest tries seen at the SCG when he fielded a Greg Brentnall kick on the full and scored in the dying minutes of the match. Gearin also landed six goals from six attempts to post a personal total of 15pts in Canterbury's 18-4 win over Easts. A Newtown junior (Lewisham) Gearin was graded as a halfback by Canterbury before moving to the wing. A great goal-kicker in the traditional ‘toe-poker’ style, he eclipsed George Taylforth's club record in 1979 with 242pts (12t, 103g) - the year that the Bulldogs lost to St George in the grand final. Canterbury were premiers the following year and in 1981, Gearin was again the season's leading point-scorer with 183pts (13t, 72g). He left the club in 1982 to link with St George and was top-scorer for the club in 1983-84. Gearin then returned to Canterbury but was out of favour with Warren Ryan and successfully gained a mid-season release to play with Manly. He retired soon after, disenchanted with the defence-orientated style of play at the time.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Son of Jack Gearin. Brother of Paul Gearin
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 | 182 | 78 | 567 | - | 1390 | 102 | 72 | 8 | 56.04% | List | ||||
| Craven Mild Cup | 3 | 2 | 6 | - | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| National Panasonic Cup | 1 | 6 | 34 | - | 88 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 13 | 6 | 47 | - | 113 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | ||||
| Tooheys Challenge Cup | 2 | - | 4 | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1981 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1976 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1977 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1978 | 20 | 7 | 58 | - | 137 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1979 | 26 | 12 | 104 | - | 244 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 61.54% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1980 | 24 | 14 | 89 | - | 220 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 70.83% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1981 | 22 | 13 | 72 | - | 183 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 36.36% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1982 | 16 | 6 | 50 | - | 118 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 43.75% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1983 | 24 | 8 | 80 | - | 192 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 54.17% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRL 1984 | 24 | 7 | 81 | - | 190 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRL 1985 | 13 | 7 | 32 | - | 92 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 53.85% | List | |||
| Manly | NSWRL 1986 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Canterbury | 1976-82, 1985 | 131 | 63 | 406 | - | 1008 | 71 | 53 | 7 | 54.20% | List | |||
| St George | 1983-84 | 48 | 15 | 161 | - | 382 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 60.42% | List | |||
| Manly | 1986 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Overall | 1976-1986 | 182 | 78 | 567 | 0 | 1,390 | 102 | 72 | 8 | 56.04% | List | |||
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Max Turner
Sources:
Newspapers
Your Say
21/03/2010
In 1980 Steve Gearin sang "Hard Rock Cafe" on track 3 of the second half of "Tooth Hotels Presents Footy Favourites", an album which rugby league players performed on and came out that year. In 1983 when playing for St George against Balmain at Leichhardt Oval, Gearin kicked a penalty goal that went straight between the posts with both touch judges raising the flags. However referee Chris Ward disallowed the goal and put down a scrum after he had noticed a St George player was in front of Gearin when he took the kick.
15/08/2015
One of my favourite bulldogs players of the early 80s. Always tried hard and was a vary fair player. A shame he never represented NSW or Australia as he was amongst the best wingers of that era.
14/03/2020
Brother is Paul Gearin who played for Canterbury, Wests and Norths.
13/08/2022
Steve Gearin was one of the great finishers the game has ever seen. A fair and honest player. What a goalkeeper. Buba - we loved ya!
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