1. Andrew William Farnsworth was an Australian pioneer rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s whose club career was played in Sydney with Newtown.
10 Facts About Bill Farnsworth
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Bill Farnsworth represented at state level for both New South Wales and Queensland, and at the national level for Australia and Australasia.
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Bill Farnsworth is the brother of fellow New South Wales and Australian representative, and Newtown player Viv Farnsworth.
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Bill Farnsworth stayed true to rugby union and remained an amateur till 1909.
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Bill Farnsworth played in Brisbane for Toombul and Kurilpa, gaining selection for Queensland in 1912.
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Bill Farnsworth was still in England at the out-break of the Great War and enlisted for active duty.
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Bill Farnsworth returned to the Newtown club as coach for part of the 1924 NSWRFL season.
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Bill Farnsworth became the first player to represent New South Wales at Rugby, Rugby League and Cricket.
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Bill Farnsworth was the great-uncle of the Parramatta Eels ex player and CEO Denis Fitzgerald.
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In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, Bill Farnsworth was named as five-eighth of the Newtown Jets 18-man team of the century.