Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Dookie
- Born
- Saturday, 19th November, 1932
- Died
- Tuesday, 24th September, 2013 (Aged 80 years and 309 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- The Ashes
- 1966
- Test Series
- Australia vs France 1964
- Interstate Series
- 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966
Known Family Links
- Son-in-law
- Ron Pilon
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
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Competitions | |||||||||||||||
| Competition | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| Country Carnival | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Southern NSW | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | NSW Group 9 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67% | List | ||||
| Interstate Series | 4 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Riverina | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 2 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Country Firsts | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| The Ashes | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1961, 1964, 1966 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1961 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Riverina | 1956-58, 1960, 1963-64, 1966-67, 1970 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.11% | List | ||||
| NSW Group 9 | 1956 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Southern NSW | 1956 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1956, 1960-61, 1963-66, 1968 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.33% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1960-62, 1964, 1966 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1962 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1962 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1956-1970 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 39.02% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1962 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 2 | 20.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | 1962 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 2 | 20.00% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Your Say
25/09/2013
Great player Great man
29/05/2016
A country legend a West Wyalong legend a great bloke
16/03/2019
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
18/04/2020
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
19/07/2020
Great Man very humble loved West Wyalong fine ambassador for Rugby League hero to many
27/06/2021
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.
13/05/2022
Dad (Ron Crowe) was born on the 25th November 1932 not the 19th November 1932
14/07/2023
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.
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