Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Tuesday, 11th November, 1958
- Died
- Sunday, 25th August, 2024 (Aged 65 years and 287 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
Additional Notes
There is some confusion in regard to John's date of birth the family did confirm 11/11/1958 with the Wests Archive on the occasion of his 60th birthday in 2018.
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 49 | 2 | - | - | 7 | 19 | 27 | 3 | 38.78% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 52 | 2 | - | - | 7 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 40.38% | List | |||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1980 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1981 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1982 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRL 1986 | 22 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 13 | 1 | 36.36% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRL 1987 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 22.22% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRL 1988 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | 1980-81 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | 1982 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | 1986-87 | 40 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 30.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | 1988 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1980-1988 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 3 | 38.78% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Max Turner, Tony McCarron, Michael Borg
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)

Your Say
17 Apr 2015 6:06pm
Bilbo was a hard working second rower who always gave his full commitment to his team, I watched him play quite a few times and was impressed by his ability and controlled aggression.
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