Rex Mossop
| Full name | Rex Peers Mossop | ||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Moose | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 February 1928 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 June 2011 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death | St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||
| Spouse | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Children | 2 sons | ||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Television commentator | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1952–55 1956–63 |
Leigh Manly Sea Eagles |
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(33) |
| State Representation | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1957–60 | New South Wales | 8 | (0) |
| National teams | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1958–60 | Australia | 9 | (3) |
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| 1947-51 | Manly RUFC | ||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1948-51 | Australia | 8 | |
Rex Peers "Moose" Mossop (18 February 1928 – 17 June 2011) was an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer—a dual-code international, and an Australian television personality from 1964 until 1991.
Mossop played rugby union for the Manly club and played eight tests for the Wallabies from 1948 to 1951. His international rugby union career was played at lock. In 1950 he was chosen in the All-Australian team for that season selected by the magazine Sporting Life.
Switching to rugby league in England in 1951, he played with Championship side Leigh. He returned to Australia and Sydney's Northern Beaches in 1956, joining the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles who played in the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership and become the cornerstone of their forward pack in the late 1950s.
Ever an aggressive front-row forward, Mossop played in the Manly sides that lost to the St George Dragons in grand finals in 1957 and 1959. In the lead up to the 1959 Grand Final, rumours were circulating that Mossop was carrying a broken cheekbone. From the kick off, Saints' forwards took turns at testing Mossop's injury with opposing prop Harry Bath giving him particular attention. For most of the match the Manly forward copped a hammering until in frustration, Mossop retaliated by standing on Bath's head. A brawl broke out between the two and the referee Darcy Lawler sent both off. Mossop later recalled how after both he and Bath had left the league judiciary the following week, that they got talking and both got a laugh about being told off like naughty school boys. A mutual respect for each other had developed into what would be a lifelong friendship between the pair.
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