THE Northern Rivers has lost a beloved rugby league stalwart in former Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles great, Harry Grew. Grew, 90, died peacefully at Caroona Nursing Home, Goonellabah, on Tuesday night. The former prop had a successful rugby league career in Sydney and played for Manly-Warringah in its first season, 1947. Full story here: http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2010/10/08/harry-grew-passes-away-northern-rivers/
1947....One of the originals, sorry to hear of his passing but sounds like a bloke who enjoyed life...RIP
This has stirred some emotions. Harry was the pool attendant at the Lismore Memorial Baths. He worked there with another local prop-forward, and if you played up you were quickly gone. I remember spending many hot Lismore days there, dipping our redskin lollies in the pool to give them more flavor. Harry worked the shop a lot and seemed to be a very quiet man. If I had known he was a Manly player, I would have never left him alone. RIP Harry.
