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Michael "Mick" Potter (born 24 September 1963 in Parramatta, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player who currently works as an assistant coach at the Newcastle Knights. He was previously head coach of Super League clubs, Catalans Dragons, St Helens, Bradford Bulls, and National Rugby League club Wests Tigers. As a player he was a New South Wales State of Origin representative fullback, playing his club football for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (with whom he won the 1984 and 1985 premierships), St George Dragons (whom he captained, and won the 1991 Dally M Medal with) and Western Reds. ==Playing career== Bulldogs Canterbury signed Potter while he was still a student at St. Gregory's, Campbelltown. In only his second year of first-grade, Potter became the first fullback to win the Dally M ''Player of the Year'' award. He is a member of Canterburys' 1984 Premiership winning team in their 6-4 win over Parramatta. A second premiership followed when Canterbury defeated St. George, 7-6 in the 1985 Grand Final at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Potter broke his leg in 1986 and struggled to regain his form at Canterbury. St. George Dragons He signed with the St. George Dragons in 1989 and later became team captain. In 1991, Potter won his second Dally M ''Player of the Year'' award. He played fullback for the Dragons in the 8-28 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos in 1992. Michael Potter's good form for the Dragons in the back half of the 1992 season saw him in contention for Australia's World Cup Final squad as incumbent Aussie fullback Andrew Ettingshausen was unavailable because of injury, as were Gary Belcher and Dale Shearer. However, the size of the loss to the Broncos may have cost him his chance with Balmain's Tim Brasher and Newcastle's Brad Godden selected for the fullback role instead. The following season Potter was captain of St. George in their 6-14 loss to Brisbane in the 1993 Grand Final. Potter retired at the end of the 1993 season but signed to play for one of the four new teams introduced for the 1995 season, the Western Reds, going on to play 21 games for the Perth based team before retiring for good at the end of the 1996 ARL season. 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「Michael Potter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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