John Ferguson (rugby league)

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John Ferguson
Personal information
Born (1954-07-15) 15 July 1954 (age 70)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight72 kg (11 st 5 lb)[1]
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1980–83 Newtown Jets 74 40 0 0 135
1984–85 Eastern Suburbs 31 16 0 0 64
1984–85 Wigan 25 24 0 0 96
1986–90 Canberra Raiders 94 50 0 0 200
Total 224 130 0 0 495
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1985–89 New South Wales 8 1 0 0 4
1985 Australia 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [2][3]

John "Chicka" Ferguson[4] (born 15 July 1954[1]) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative winger, in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership for the Newtown Jets, Eastern Suburbs Roosters and finally the Canberra Raiders, with whom he won the 1989 and 1990 NSWRL premierships. A prolific try-scorer, who topped the NSWRL's scoring list in 1988, Ferguson also played in England with Wigan, helping them to victory in the 1985 Challenge Cup Final. He has since been named in Australia's indigenous team of the century (1908–2008).

  1. ^ a b c Gary Lester, ed. (1983). The Sun Book of Rugby League – 1983. Sydney, New South Wales: John Fairfax Marketing. p. 56. ISBN 0-909558-83-3.
  2. ^ Rugby League Project
  3. ^ Yesterday's Hero Archived 27 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Denise Angelo, Sue Butler (1998). Australian Phrasebook: Language Survival Kit. Lonely Planet. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-86442-576-8.