Maddison started his first-grade football career with St. George in 1965 and the following year appeared in his first grand final, the last of the Dragons' record-breaking 11 consecutive premiership wins. He won that first premiership as a centre but later moved into the forwards and enjoyed success in his career as a wide running second-rower.
In the late 1960s after St George had lost the stars of their long reign, Ken Maddison's work ethic (along with the stellar brilliance of Billy Smith and Graeme Langlands) was a factor in keeping the club competitive, regularly finishing in the top five. Maddison played in the 1971 Grand Final loss to South Sydney, again in the centres. Ken's younger brother Keith Maddison also played alongside him at the Dragons in six seasons from 1966 to 1971.
1973 was Maddison's career high-point when he became the first forward to win the Rothmans Medal for best and fairest player in the League, edging out Ron Coote by just one point. He also scored a personal best eight tries that year before playing in Cronulla's first Grand Final, the 1973 loss to Manly-Warringah 7 - 10.
Although Maddison played at a time when the loose forwards of the Souths' pack - Coote, Bob McCarthy, Gary Stevens and Paul Sait - dominated representative selections, he managed his Australian debut at the end of a great club season in 1973 when he was selected for the 1973 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France. He was one of the form forwards of the tour scoring two tries in the third and deciding Test against Great Britain. He played in all three Ashes Tests, in one Test against France and in nine minor tour matches scoring six tries in all. The following year he made his sole state appearance for New South Wales Blues.
Maddison continued playing for Cronulla-Sutherland until 1975. In 2006, he was named at second-row in a Sharks dream team.
maddison, australian, former, rugby, league, footballer, played, 1960s, 1970s, played, south, wales, rugby, football, league, premiership, george, dragons, with, whom, 1966, premiership, later, cronulla, sutherland, sharks, whom, captained, also, state, nation. Ken Maddison is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s 2 He played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership for the St George Dragons with whom he won the 1966 premiership and later the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks whom he captained He was also a state and national representative playing four Tests for Australia in 1973 Ken MaddisonPersonal informationFull nameKenneth MaddisonBorn1946Playing informationPositionSecond rowClubYears Team Pld T G FG P1965 71 St George 101 24 0 0 721972 75 Cronulla Sutherland 77 17 0 0 51Total 178 41 0 0 123RepresentativeYears Team Pld T G FG P1974 New South Wales 1 0 0 0 01973 Australia 4 3 0 0 9Source 1 Contents 1 Playing career 1 1 St George 1 2 Cronulla Sutherland 2 References 3 External linksPlaying career editSt George edit Maddison started his first grade football career with St George in 1965 and the following year appeared in his first grand final the last of the Dragons record breaking 11 consecutive premiership wins He won that first premiership as a centre but later moved into the forwards and enjoyed success in his career as a wide running second rower In the late 1960s after St George had lost the stars of their long reign Ken Maddison s work ethic along with the stellar brilliance of Billy Smith and Graeme Langlands was a factor in keeping the club competitive regularly finishing in the top five Maddison played in the 1971 Grand Final loss to South Sydney again in the centres Ken s younger brother Keith Maddison also played alongside him at the Dragons in six seasons from 1966 to 1971 Cronulla Sutherland edit In 1972 Maddison moved to the young Cronulla Sutherland club playing in the second row 1973 was Maddison s career high point when he became the first forward to win the Rothmans Medal for best and fairest player in the League edging out Ron Coote by just one point He also scored a personal best eight tries that year before playing in Cronulla s first Grand Final the 1973 loss to Manly Warringah 7 10 Although Maddison played at a time when the loose forwards of the Souths pack Coote Bob McCarthy Gary Stevens and Paul Sait dominated representative selections he managed his Australian debut at the end of a great club season in 1973 when he was selected for the 1973 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France He was one of the form forwards of the tour scoring two tries in the third and deciding Test against Great Britain He played in all three Ashes Tests in one Test against France and in nine minor tour matches scoring six tries in all The following year he made his sole state appearance for New South Wales Blues Maddison continued playing for Cronulla Sutherland until 1975 In 2006 he was named at second row in a Sharks dream team References edit Ken Maddison at rugbyleagueproject com Ken Maddison at yesterdayshero com auExternal links editKen Maddison at nrlstats com Kangaroos beat Lions at Wilderspool Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ken Maddison amp oldid 1155908513, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
