Mick Pattison

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Thursday, 11th December, 1958
Current Age
65 years and 109 days
Place Of Birth
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Awards & Accolades

Dally M Five-Eighth Of The Year
1981

Biography

P’matta junior had an injury-plagued career which denied him the opportunities he deserved. A busy organiser at pivot after moving from lock Mick Pattison was hospitalised on the eve of the 1979 semi-finals with a knee infection. He moved to Souths in 1981 and was chosen in NSW's State of Origin team but had to withdraw with an inner-ear infection on the morning of the match. The following year he made the City Firsts team and looked set to win a place in the NSW side when he broke both collarbones in a freak tackle. After spending two more seasons with the Eels Pattison provided great service to the Steelers but never got the chance to play rep football again. I’warra's player of the year in 1985 he retired two years later due to a chronic back injury.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 129 28 -   - 90 59 67 3 45.74% List
NRL Finals 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
National Panasonic Cup 1 5 -   - 15 1 0 0 100.00% List
City vs Country Firsts 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW City Firsts 1982 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Parramatta NSWRFL 1978 6 - -   - - 2 4 0 33.33% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1979 22 10 -   - 30 17 5 0 77.27% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1980 19 4 -   - 12 10 7 2 52.63% List
Souths NSWRFL 1981 18 7 -   - 21 6 11 1 33.33% List
Souths NSWRFL 1982 14 1 -   - 3 9 5 0 64.29% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1983 2 1 -   - 4 1 1 0 50.00% List
Parramatta NSWRL 1984 5 1 -   - 4 4 1 0 80.00% List
Illawarra NSWRL 1985 23 2 -   - 8 5 18 0 21.74% List
Illawarra NSWRL 1986 20 2 -   - 8 5 15 0 25.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Parramatta 1978-80, 1983-84 54 16 -   - 50 34 18 2 62.96% List
Souths 1981-82 32 8 -   - 24 15 16 1 46.88% List
Illawarra 1985-86 43 4 -   - 16 10 33 0 23.26% List
Overall1978-1986 129 28 0   0 90 59 67 3 45.74% List

Your Say

  • Rod Riddell
    31/08/2011

    Mick Pattison was well on his way to representing Australia before he broke his collar bones. He would also be in the top 3 five eights Souths has had over the last 30 years. Hope the old Rabbitoh is doing well.

  • Shah Sahari
    11/11/2011

    I had the honour of playing with Mick for the Wanderers club in Singapore in the mid-1990s. He had never played rugby union but took it up when he worked in Singapore. He was about 40. He took a while to get the hang of it, purely to do with defensive lines, but once he learnt how we union guys played, he became one of the best inside centres in the comp and certainly the best and most brutal defender. He was also a great professional in what was a very amateur comp and he was a great guy too.

  • Paul Carter
    27/01/2012

    In 1981 Pattison was the Dally M Five-Eigth of the year.

  • Collo from Blacktown
    03/05/2018

    Was a deadest gun!
    That City Country game when he did both collarbones was the end of his rep career

  • Tony Abel
    12/07/2020

    One of the most unluckiest footballers with injuries who had so much talent you would ever want to see. An old Guildford Owls junior who could have been an immortal, really enjoyed watching him playing with Arthur Beetson for Parra in the good old days. Hope you have had a good and healthy life

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Steven Russo, AJ Lucantonio