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Joe Jorgenson (12 September 1921 – 7 May 1993) was an Australian rugby league footballer. He was a three-quarter for the Australian national team. He played in three Tests in 1946, two as captain. ==Club career== Born in Berry, New South Wales, he started playing rugby league after he left school at 16. In 1939 he played with the Port Kembla club in the Wollongong competition. He missed the 1940 season through illness but returned in 1941 in which he year he debuted in country and New South Wales representative sides. In 1944 he joined the Balmain Tigers in Sydney and scored over 100 points assisting the side to a premiership win. They were runners up to Easts in 1945 and triumphant again in 1946 with Jorgenson scoring two tries in the premiership decider against St George. In 1947 after having played the regular season in the Maher Cup as captain coach of Junee, Jorgenson returned to Balmain lower grades for the finals and in the Grand Final against Canterbury made his sole first grade appearance for the year. After the regular kicker Pat Devery missed three attempts, Jorgenson took over and scored all of the team's points in the 13-9 victory comeback after trailing 0-9. Victorious he was chaired from the field by his team-mates. Jorgenson in all had a nine-year career with Balmain playing 98 games and scoring 734 points. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Jorgenson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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