Fred Gardner (snr)

Club Appearances: 73

Club Debut Year: 1929

Club Final Year: 1935

Position: Wing

Club Points: 130

Club Tries: 38

Representative Honours:

  • NSW v Qld: 4
  • Australia: 1
Appearances breakdown:

  • St George: 73
Points breakdown:

  • St George: 130

A highly popular Saint who was compared to the great Cec Blinkhorn in his first season and to other great wingers of the 1920s, such as Harold Horder and Benny Wearing, as his reputation grew. ‘Yappy’ Gardner cored a try in each of three games for NSW in 1933 and was the only St George man to make the 1933–34 Kangaroo tour, when he made his Test debut. Was Saints captain in 1935, his final season, and later coached lower grades

Played a total of 73 games for St George