Ronald Joseph Coote is an Australian former rugby league footballer, born in 1944, who played in the second row and at lock. His entire club career was played with South Sydney and the Eastern Suburbs Roosters, and he won premierships with both clubs, while he played 23 times for Australia. He is considered one of the finest Australian footballers of the 20th century and was inducted as the 14th Immortal in 2024. The Ron Coote Cup, contested each year between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Sydney Roosters, is named in his honour. He also won the Clive Churchill Medal in 1971 and the Harry Sunderland Medal in 1970 and 1974.
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is an Australian former rugby league footballer
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Born Wednesday, 25th October, 1944
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975
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he played 23 times for Australia
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is an Australian former rugby league footballer
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is an Australian former rugby league footballer
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His club career was played with South Sydney and the Eastern Suburbs Roosters
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