Paul Anthony Dawson (born 26 July 1948) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, spending his entire career with Newtown in the NSWRL competition as a second-rower. He is the twin brother of Chris Dawson who also played for Newtown.
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| Full name | Paul Dawson | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 July 1948 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editDawson attended Sydney Boys High School and he played rugby union for Eastern Suburbs before switching to play rugby league.[2]
Playing career
editDawson made his first grade debut for Newtown in 1972. In 1973, Jack Gibson was made the new head coach at Newtown and the club qualified for the finals that year. Dawson played in all of Newtown's finals matches as the club reached the preliminary final before losing to Cronulla. Dawson enjoyed his best season personally as he finished with 8 tries. After Gibson departed the club, Newtown failed to qualify for the finals and in Dawson's two final years at the club they finished last on the table claiming the wooden spoon. 1977 would be Dawson's final year in first grade and he retired at the end of the season.[3][4]
Post playing
editAfter his Rugby career finished Dawson and his twin brother Chris both became Physical Education teachers at public high schools in the northern beaches of New South Wales, with Paul teaching at The Forest High School. He married Marilyn in 1969 and they had three daughters [5]
The Dawson brothers and families moved to Queensland in 1985 with Paul working at Coombabah State High School.
Dawson's twin brother Chris was found guilty on August 30, 2022 of murdering his wife Lynette Dawson in 1982, after a judge-only trial in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.[6]
There are multiple allegations of Paul having sex with students. He has denied wrongdoing. [7] [8]
References
edit- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Paul Dawson- Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "From 1965 to now". News Corporation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Faces of history Newtown Rugby League Football Club - Founded 1908". Newtown Jets. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995. (ISBN 1875169571)
- ^ "Chris Dawson's sister-in-law was upset by him staying with girlfriend in her home, court hears". TheGuardian.com. 8 June 2022.
- ^ Parkes-Hupton, Heath (30 August 2022). "Chris Dawson found guilty of murdering ex-wife Lynette in The Teacher's Pet trial: as it happened". ABC. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Schoolgirl says Paul Dawson 'groomed' her". theaustralian.
- ^ "Woman accuses Chris Dawson's brother Paul of underage sex". Sydney Morning Herald. 13 August 2023.
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