1. Kurt Geoffrey Gidley was born on 7 June 1982 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League.
31 Facts About Kurt Gidley
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In 2011, Gidley competed in the third season of the Channel Seven television series Australia's Greatest Athlete.
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Kurt Gidley is the younger brother of Matthew Gidley, and is the youngest of three brothers.
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Kurt Gidley was an apprentice butcher when he left high school.
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Kurt Gidley made his NRL debut for the Newcastle Knights in 2001 at 19 years of age where he played Five-eighth in a round 24 loss to St George Illawarra.
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However Kurt Gidley did not feature in the Knights successful finals run.
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In round 10 of the 2004 NRL season Kurt Gidley made history when he won the Knights' first ever golden point match by kicking the winning field goal after 3 minutes and 26 seconds of extra time.
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In 2006, Kurt Gidley travelled to Papua New Guinea to play for the Prime Minister's XIII against the Kumuls.
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Kurt Gidley scored multiple times for the Newcastle Knights as well as having done well at converting goals.
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Kurt Gidley has represented NSW in 2007 State of Origin.
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Kurt Gidley was then selected in the 2008 State of Origin series shortly after a fractured cheekbone Gidley was the stand-out player at the club in the 2008 season as they finished ninth on the NRL ladder with 12 wins and 12 losses.
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Kurt Gidley led the scoring at the club with 150 points and took the try-scoring award with nine tries.
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Kurt Gidley was selected for Australia in the one-off test match against New Zealand on 8 May 2009.
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Kurt Gidley was brought on into the centres to replace an injured Justin Hodges early in the game.
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In January 2010, Kurt Gidley was named in the NRL All Stars team to play on 13 February 2010.
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Kurt Gidley was voted as the Knight's representative after beating Ben Cross, Chris Houston and Jarrod Mullen.
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Kurt Gidley suffered a knee injury in the game which left him side-lined until Round 6 of the 2010 season.
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On 17 May 2010 Kurt Gidley was named as fullback and captain of the New South Wales Blues.
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Kurt Gidley came on to replace Michael Ennis after 30 minutes and went on to play the rest of the game.
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Just before half-time, Kurt Gidley set up an inside pass for second-row Paul Gallen to crash over the try line for New South Wales first try of the game.
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Kurt Gidley continued to make several linebreaks and defended strong.
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Kurt Gidley was later awarded the Brad Fittler Medal for NSW's Player of the Series.
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Kurt Gidley played in 3 out of the 4 games and played in the final against New Zealand.
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Kurt Gidley played the whole 2nd half of the final in the centres due to a knee injury to teammate Brent Tate.
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Kurt Gidley was selected for Australia in the 2013 ANZAC Test and played from the interchange bench.
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On 5 May 2015, Kurt Gidley signed a 1-year contract with Super League team Warrington Wolves, with an option for a second year, starting in 2016, ending a 15-year stint in the National Rugby League.
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On his Super League debut for the Wolves, Kurt Gidley converted 2 goals in a man of the match performance against 2015 champions the Leeds Rhinos.
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Kurt Gidley played in the 2016 Challenge Cup Final defeat by Hull FC at Wembley Stadium.
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Kurt Gidley played in the 2016 Super League Grand Final defeat by the Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford.
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In June 2017 it was announced that Kurt Gidley would retire at the end of the 2017 season.
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Kurt Gidley is founder and co-owner of Steel City Beer Company with Andrew Johns, Matthew Johns, Danny Buderus, and Matt Hoy.