28 Facts About Terry Hill

Terry Hill was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre in the 1990s and 2000s.

Terry Hill played in the NRL for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs Magpies, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Wests Tigers as well as representative football for New South Wales and Australia.

Terry Hill was well known for his promotional television work with Lowes Menswear.

In 1995, Terry Hill played 16 games and scored nine tries as the club won the Minor Premiership.

Terry Hill was the season's top try-scorer in the ARL half of 1997's split competition.

In 2000, Terry Hill signed for the newly formed Wests Tigers club.

At the beginning of 2004, Terry Hill had signed for South Sydney but a groin injury during pre-season training caused him to retire.

Terry Hill went on to make 16 appearances for Manly in the 2005 season.

Terry Hill was called out of retirement in 2006 to play rugby union for the Central Coast Waves.

Terry Hill suffered a knee injury during the Grand Final of the NSW Country Caldwell Cup and was unable to take any part in the Waves' 2006 Shute Shield campaign.

Terry Hill was selected to represent New South Wales in State of Origin series as a centre in six series:.

Terry Hill earned selection for the Australian national team on nine occasions from 1994 to 1998, scoring eight tries.

Terry Hill was a 1994 Kangaroo tourist before playing in his first international against New Zealand in 1995.

Terry Hill was reported for head-butting in this match and was suspended for four weeks, missing the following two tests.

Terry Hill became embroiled in the "External and Internal Draft" system in the 1991 season when, after agreeing to a playing and employment deal with the Western Suburbs Magpies, he was drafted from the Internal Draft pool by Eastern Suburbs.

Terry Hill and 126 other plaintiffs took the NSW Rugby League to court, arguing the draft was a restraint of trade.

Terry Hill was a regular contributor to Channel Nine's The Footy Show in the 1990s.

Terry Hill quit the program in 1998 claiming he wanted to focus on his football career.

In 1994, Terry Hill was selected on the Kangaroo touring squad for England.

Shortly before the squad departed Australia, Terry Hill was charged with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on an ABC radio producer, Tony Twiss, and his friend Peter Krahe.

Terry Hill pled not guilty in January 1995, and the trial took place in June.

Terry Hill was fined $1,000 and put on a two-year good behaviour bond.

Later that month Terry Hill played in the 1995 Grand Final and was selected in the Australian squad for the 1995 World Cup.

In February 1997, Terry Hill faced Manly Court on a drink-driving offence.

Terry Hill was presented as a man of good character despite these two convictions.

Terry Hill was born in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.

Terry Hill had three children with his first wife, Tracey Benson.

Terry Hill died of a suspected heart attack while holidaying in the Philippines, on 24 April 2024, at the age of 52.