Former Greats - Terry Fearnley /

Terry Fearnley

Terry Fearnley was a fine clubman for the Roosters. He was graded in 1953 from the Paddington Colts club and when he retired at the end of the 1964 season, only three players, all Rooster and NRL Hall of Famers (Ray Stehr, Sandy Pearce and Joe Pearce), had played more first grade games for the Club than Fearnley, and only Stehr had played more club games. He played ten seasons of first grade at Easts (he spent the 1956 season playing in Wollongong) and was one of the longest serving Roosters captains, taking over from Gordon Clifford during the 1960 season and leading the club right through to the end of the 1963 season.

He missed captaining the 1960 Grand Final side, due to a knee injury, but he did play for New South Wales against Queensland earlier that season. Fearnley was highly regarded as a leader and when Dick Dunn stood down from coaching after the 1960 Grand Final, Fearnley took on the captain/coach role. However, after ten games he stood down from coaching, but he was to return to coaching many times upon his retirement from playing. In 1974 he was Easts assistant coach when they won the title and he would later go on to coach New South Wales, Australia and a number of Sydney clubs.