Tony Karalius
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Personal information
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| Full name | Anthony Karalius | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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19 September 1943 Widnes, Lancashire, England |
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Playing information
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| Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anthony "Tony" Karalius (born 19 September 1943 in Widnes, Lancashire) is an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Widnes, St. Helens, Wigan, Fulham RLFC, and Cardiff City Blue Dragons, as a hooker, i.e. number 9, during the era of contested scrums.
Karalius won caps for Great Britain while at St. Helens in 1971 against New Zealand (3 matches), in 1972 against France, and in the 1972 Rugby League World Cup against New Zealand.
Tony Karalius played hooker in St. Helens 2-25 defeat by the 1975 NSWRFL season premiers, Eastern Suburbs Roosters in the unofficial 1976 World Club Challenge at Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday 29 June 1976.
Tony Karalius played hooker in St. Helens' 20-5 victory over Widnes in the 1976 Challenge Cup Final during the 1975–76 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 8 May 1976, and was an unused interchange/substitute in the 12-14 defeat by Leeds in the 1978 Challenge Cup Final during the 1977–78 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 13 May 1978, in front of a crowd of a crowd of 96,000.
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