Roy Liston | |
Fullname: | Reginald Roy Liston |
Birth Date: | 1896 |
Birth Place: | Newtown, New South Wales |
Death Date: | 13 August |
Death Place: | Concord, New South Wales |
Retired: | yes |
Position: | Front row |
Club1: | Annandale |
Year1start: | 1920 |
Appearances1: | 12 |
Tries1: | 1 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 7 |
Club2: | Balmain |
Year2start: | 1921 |
Year2end: | 22 |
Appearances2: | 12 |
Tries2: | 2 |
Goals2: | 6 |
Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
Points2: | 18 |
Club3: | Glebe |
Year3start: | 1923 |
Appearances3: | 5 |
Tries3: | 1 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Fieldgoals3: | 0 |
Points3: | 7 |
Club4: | Balmain |
Year4start: | 1924 |
Appearances4: | 8 |
Tries4: | 0 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Fieldgoals4: | 0 |
Points4: | 4 |
Club5: | Western Suburbs |
Year5start: | 1926 |
Year5end: | 27 |
Appearances5: | 10 |
Tries5: | 0 |
Goals5: | 8 |
Fieldgoals5: | 0 |
Points5: | 16 |
Updated: | 11 February 2019 |
Source: | [1] |
Reginald Roy Liston (1896-1977) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1910s and 1920s.
Liston's rugby league career began after returning from the Western Front in World War I. In 1920, Roy Liston turned our for Annandale in the club's final year in 1920. He then transferred to Balmain Tigers for two years between 1921 and 1922. He switched to Glebe in 1923, before returning to Balmain the following year and won the premiership with them in the 1924 Grand Final. He lastly joined Western Suburbs Magpies for three seasons between 1926 and 1928.[2] [3]
Liston died on 13 August 1977, aged 81.[4]