1945 – 2022

 Wests Player number 613 (1964)

St George Players number 452 (1972)

 

 

Roy came down from Wyong on the Central Coast to play for the Western Suburbs Club in 1964 before going on to play 159 games including 114 in First Grade

Roys first First Grade game for Wests in 1964

Wests won the 1965 State Cup

 

Roy scored 33 tries and a couple of goals in all grades.

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Roy was signed by St George in 1972 and went on to play over 100 First Grade games for the Dragons which gave him the distinction of being the first player to play 100 First Grade games for two clubs.

Roys debut at Saints in 1972

Wyong junior who played for Western Suburbs from 1964 to 1971 before joining St George in search of a premiership. Played 100 first-grade games for the club in six seasons, despite having competition for a centre position from players such as Ted Goodwin, Gary Pethybridge and Robert Finch. He became the first man to play 100 first-grade games for two clubs. Arguably St George’s best player in the 1975 Grand Final. When moved to the wing in 1976, come critics wondered if he was too slow for that position. ‘Just try to stop Roy when he sets sail for the corner,’ said coach Graeme Langlands

The above text is taken from the St George Dragons website

Roy was considered one of the best players for the Dragons in the 1975 Grand Final against Eastern Suburbs.

 ‘Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends’ – Yeats.