Sign in | Register

Ron Crowe

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

Nickname(s)
Dookie
Born
Saturday, 19th November, 1932
Died
Tuesday, 24th September, 2013 (Aged 80 years and 309 days)

Known Family Links

Son-in-law
Ron Pilon

Competitions Won

The Ashes
1966
Test Series
1964 Australia vs France
Interstate Series
1961, 1962, 1964, 1966
NSW City vs Country Firsts
1961

Biography

West Wyalong prop made five Test appearances in the early 1960s, commencing with the 1961 tour of NZ. Crowe came to Souths in 1962 but despite playing for Sydney against Great Britain, the stay was short-lived. Returning to the bush as captain-coach of West Wyalong, Crowe played in two further Tests against France in 1964 before his final Test appearance in the First Test loss against Great Britain in 1966.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

To view a list of corresponding matches, click on the List button.

Representative Career - International Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Tests (Senior International Matches) -5-5----------32-60.00%List
Other International Matches -1-1----------1--100.00%List
The Ashes 11-1-----------1-0.00%List
Tour MatchesSouthern NSWSOU-1-1----------1--100.00%List
Tour MatchesNSW Group 9NSW-1-1----------1--100.00%List
Tour MatchesRiverinaRIV-6-61-1---3---15-16.67%List
Tour MatchesNew South Wales FirstsNFI-2-2----------2--100.00%List
Tour MatchesAustraliaAUS-10-101-11--5---82-80.00%List
Tour MatchesSydney FirstsSDF-1-1-----------1-0.00%List
Test Series 25-5----------32-60.00%List
Representative Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Tour MatchesNew South Wales Country FirstsNTF-4-4-----------4-0.00%List
Interstate Series 414-141-1---3---104-71.43%List
NSW City vs Country Firsts 16-6----------15-16.67%List
NSW City vs Country 16-6----------15-16.67%List
Club Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Country Carnival -3-3-----------3-0.00%List
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) -15-15----------310220.00%List
Overall StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
First Class 60-603-31--11---2731245.00%List

Test Matches - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Australia1961, 1964, 1966 5-5----------32-60.00%List

International Matches - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Australia1961 1-1----------1--100.00%List

Australia - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Riverina1956-58, 1960, 1963-64, 1966-67, 1970 9-91-1---3---18-11.11%List
NSW Group 91956 1-1----------1--100.00%List
Southern NSW1956 1-1----------1--100.00%List
NSW Country Firsts1956, 1960-61, 1963-66, 1968 12-121-1---3---111-8.33%List
Southern Districts1957 1-1-----------1-0.00%List
NSW Firsts1960-62, 1964, 1966 16-161-1---3---124-75.00%List
Sydney Firsts1962 1-1-----------1-0.00%List
NSW City Firsts1962 1-1-----------1-0.00%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

TeamSeason StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
SouthsSouth Sydney19621962 NSWRFL 15-15----------310220.00%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
South Sydney1962 15-15----------310220.00%List

Your Say

  • peter
    25 Sep 2013 9:46pm

    Great player Great man

  • Peter Martyn
    29 May 2016 3:11pm

    A country legend a West Wyalong legend a great bloke

  • Reg
    16 Mar 2019 4:51pm

    Ron Crowe joined Souths in early sixties for big money at time . He was a big ruddy faced country boy and because of his well publicised salary , his fellow forwards on much lesser monies certainly made him earn it . He was a tireless worker who took it up hard and with no passing game he took it up the middle again , again and again .
    Ron was the spirit of Souths at the time . Vale Ron

  • Warren Welsh
    18 Apr 2020 4:39pm

    As a relative , ( mums ( bev Welsh )dads ( des castle) sisters son ) I can remember visiting the Crowe household in the 70’s. Remember the pic on the wall. Amazing BIG MAN and I haven’t stopped telling people since then. Thanks to the beautiful Crowe family . From Warren Welsh. Grandson of Desmond and living in Camden NSW

  • Mick Robertson
    19 Jul 2020 9:35pm

    Great Man very humble loved West Wyalong fine ambassador for Rugby League hero to many

  • Anonymous
    27 Jun 2021 9:46pm

    Still talked about today July 2021, as one of the biggest men to play rugby league. Worked as a timber feller all his life. South’s flew him down the play on weekends. He trained on his own. He put family above all and even refused Kangaroo selection one year, due to his family commitments. Gone but never forgotten. A bush immortal.

  • Denice Trethowan (nee Crowe)
    13 May 2022 10:56pm

    Dad (Ron Crowe) was born on the 25th November 1932 not the 19th November 1932

  • Grahame Morris
    14 Jul 2023 9:45pm

    I played for Yanco Wamoon against Dookie’s West Wyalong in the early 70’s. We were thrashed something like 58-nil. I played fullback that day. Obviously a lot of Wyalong players ran past me.

Want to have your say? Add a comment.

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello