John William Sattler was an Australian professional rugby league footballer played as a prop in the 1960s and 1970s.
20 Facts About John Sattler
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John Sattler was born in 1942 at Telarah, New South Wales, and moved to Kurri Kurri with his family when he was 12 years old.
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John Sattler attended Marist Brothers High School in Maitland, New South Wales, Sattler began playing rugby league at the late age of 16 for Kurri Kurri and represented Newcastle against the touring British side in 1962.
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John Sattler captained his team in the Grand Final in 1969 where they lost to Balmain.
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John Sattler suffered a double fracture to his jaw but pleaded to teammate Mike Cleary, "Hold me up so they don't know I'm hurt".
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John Sattler was helped up and continued to play in the game.
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John Sattler told the side, "the next bloke who tries to cut me out of the play is in trouble", to prevent his teammates trying to protect him from further injury.
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John Sattler later went to hospital to receive treatment but only after receiving the Giltinan Shield and making an acceptance speech.
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John Sattler only managed to play in four tests for Australia, captaining his nation in three out of those four games.
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John Sattler captained the Queensland state side against New South Wales in 1973 before retiring from professional rugby league the following year.
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John Sattler was sent off fifteen times during his career and served a total of 30 weeks of suspensions.
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In February 2008, John Sattler was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.
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John Sattler entered the hotel business, first in Gladstone, and later at places such as Bribie Island, Queen's hotel in Southport and Broadbeach.
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John Sattler was supporter of the Southport-based Gold Coast Vikings and was part of the consortium which gained a licence for the Tweed Heads-based Gold Coast-Tweed Giants in the 1988 NSWRL premiership.
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John Sattler saved a man's life from an oncoming train at Jannali railway station.
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John Sattler was inducted as a Life Member of the South Sydney Football Club in 1972, the first player to be bestowed with such an honour while still playing.
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In 2004, John Sattler was named Captain of South Sydney's "Dream Team" and in 2010 received a similar honour in Kurri Kurri Rugby League's "Team of the Century".
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In 2012, John Sattler was honoured when the grandstand at Kurri Kurri Rugby League Ground was named after him.
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In 2007, John Sattler was the Australia Day Ambassador to Cessnock.
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Australian artist Perry Keyes released a song "The Day John Sattler Broke his Jaw" in 2007.