Australian Police Officers

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Wayne Bennett, James Newland, Jim Cairns, Johnny Raper, Steve Rogers, Bill Hayden, Wayne Sievers, Lou Rowan, Rex Hunt, Jack Rayner, Craig Young, Joseph Maria Gordon, Dick Thornett, Paul Sironen, Bill Harrigan, Aubrey Abbott, Peter Cleeland, Peter Dutton, Russell Savage, Mal Cochrane, Ray "Gunner" Kelly, Frederick William Pottinger, Hector Neil Mclarty, Jim Hermiston, Bob Kucera, Paul Hauff, Pat Jarvis, Michael Kenneth Pratt, Simon Illingworth, George Taylforth, Stephen Parry, Simon Higgins, John Elferink, Jamie Shanahan, Matthew Butcher, Frederick Panter, Simon Overland, Jason Wood, William Goldwyer, Fred Krahe, Shane Dowling, Fred Kirkham, Dan Crowley, Brian Moore, Richard Amery, Phillip Arantz, Donald Stewart, Scott Bulloch, Frank Farrell, Bill Flynn, Anne Palmer, Tim Priest, Michael Featherstone, Jack Paff, Bob Landers, Bill Feldman, John William Stokes, Bill Tilley, John Hobbs, Harry Pierce, John King, Craig Zetter. Excerpt: Wayne James Bennett AM (born 1 January 1950) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach, and former player. He is the current head coach for the St. George Illawarra Dragons of the NRL. A former Australian Kangaroos player and Queensland Police officer, he became a Brisbane Rugby League premiership-winning coach in the 1970s and 80s, and earned selection as Queensland's State of Origin team coach. In 1988 Bennett was appointed the first ever coach of the new Brisbane Broncos club, later winning several premierships with them, and in 1998 was first selected to coach the Australian national team. He has since set coaching records for the most grand final wins (six with the Broncos) and most seasons with a single club (21) in Australian rugby league history. Wayne Bennett grew up in a working class family... More: