Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Friday, 16th September, 1955
- Current Age
- 69 years and 82 days
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- World Cup
- 1977
- Interstate Series
- 1977
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1976, 1978
- Preseason Cup
- 1980
- Midweek Cup
- 1985, 1987
Known Family Links
- Cousin
- Daniel Gartner
- Grandfather
- Joe Gartner
- Uncle
- Clive Gartner
- Cousin twice removed
- Geoff Gartner
- Father
- Jim Gartner
- Uncle
- Keith Gartner
Biography
Durable centre/winger, the son of former C’bury player Jim Gartner, partnered Bob Fulton in Manly's 1976 grand final win over P’matta. Gartner achieved the high-point of his career with selection in the Australian World Series squad in 1977. He scored a spectacular 65m try in the final against Great Britain and was the season's leading try-scorer that year with 17 tries. Gartner's double in the 1978 grand final replay gave Manly its fourth title in seven years but his rep career faded in the early 1980s. After a period with Easts, his club career was resurrected at Balmain where the ‘Gartner’ magic of old resurfaced. He played in the 1988 grand final on the wing and retired the following year - a non-playing reserve in the Tigers' grand final loss in extra-time to Canberra.
- ALAN WHITICKER
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 | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| World Cup | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 2 | 228 | 75 | - | - | 257 | 136 | 89 | 3 | 59.65% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals | - | 20 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | 1 | 15 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 73.33% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | 2 | 26 | 7 | - | - | 25 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 57.69% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1977 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1977 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1977-78 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1977 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1977-1978 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1975 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1976 | 13 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1977 | 20 | 17 | - | - | 51 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 65.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1978 | 24 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1979 | 20 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 55.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1980 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58.82% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1981 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1982 Winfield Cup | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.55% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1983 Winfield Cup | 21 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 47.62% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRL 1985 Winfield Cup | 22 | 9 | - | - | 36 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 68.18% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRL 1986 Winfield Cup | 23 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 56.52% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRL 1987 Winfield Cup | 18 | 10 | - | - | 40 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRL 1988 Winfield Cup | 16 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRL 1989 Winfield Cup | 10 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | 1975-81 | 107 | 40 | - | - | 120 | 64 | 40 | 3 | 59.81% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1982-83 | 32 | 6 | - | - | 21 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | 1985-89 | 89 | 29 | - | - | 116 | 56 | 33 | 0 | 62.92% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1975-1989 | 228 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 257 | 136 | 89 | 3 | 59.65% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Steven Russo, Max Turner, Tony McCarron
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Match Video, Newspapers
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