Geoff Carr
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 1952 | |||||
| Died |  Australia | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Three-quarter back | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1970–74 | St. George | 59 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Geoff Carr is an Australian former professional rugby league football player of the 1970s and administrator of the 1990s and 2000s. He was the CEO of the Australian Rugby League[2] as well as the New South Wales Rugby League.
Playing career
Originally from Grafton, New South Wales, Carr played first grade in the NSWRL premiership with the St. George Dragons for five seasons between 1970-1975.[3] and played in the 1971 Grand Final under mastercoach Jack Gibson.
Administrative career
Carr was appointed secretary of the St. George club in 1989.[4] He later became the club's chief executive, and in 1995 after exploring the possibility of a merger with the Roosters in an attempt to match the turnover of the all-conquering Brisbane Broncos, was sacked by his board.[5] He then joined the ARL and was team manager for Australia in their successful1995 World Cup campaign.[6] Carr later also worked for the National Rugby League. Carr became CEO of the ARL in 2000[7] and was later appointed New South Wales Rugby League chief executive.[8]
He announced his retirement from full-time administration in 2013.[9]
References
- ↑ Geoff Carr rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ "ARL CEO Geoff Carr says Karmichael Hunt will get no retirement fund" - foxports.com.au article by Wayne Heming (6 August 2009)
- ↑ Geoff Carr at stats.rleague.com
- ↑ St. George history at dragons.com.au
- ↑ Roy Masters (28 July 2005). "Roosters may not like 'cap-ochino' but latte lovers aren't milking system". The Sydney Morning Herald. smh.com.au. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
- ↑ Masters, Roy (30 October 1995). "Roos on top of the world". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ↑ "ARL Development Activity Report 2006" (pdf). arldevelopment.com.au. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
- ↑ ninemsn.com.au (2007-05-10). "Mundine calls NSW rugby league 'racist'". National Nine News. ninemsn Pty Ltd. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
- ↑ Carr to stand down as NSWRL CEO nrl.com, 31 May 2013