Interview | The Sideline Story of The Hon. Michael Cleary, AO

A Commonwealth Games Bronze medalist in the 100 yard sprint; A Rugby Union career which began in Randwick as a lightning quick winger before representing the Wallabies in 6 tests; A switch to Rugby League in the early 60s, notching 153 first grade games and winning 3 premierships with the South Sydney Rabbitohs alongside legends such as Bob McCarthy and their inspirational captain, John Sattler, with a never-before-heard perspective on THAT broken jaw incident in the 1970 NSWRL Grand Final; 11 games for the NSW Blues and 8 tests for the Kangaroos; Only the 4th person in Australian history to become an international representative for Australia in three separate sports; 17 years in politics; Awarded the Officer of the Order of Australia Medal in 1992; and finally being inducted into the Australian Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. With the credentials of an Australian sporting legend, Clarkie and Tass sat down to hear the Sideline Story of The Honourable Michael Arthur Cleary, AO. —— Click the link to follow us on Instagram, Facebook & TikTok, check out our sponsors, or to listen on your preferred podcasting platform: https://linktr.ee/thesidelinestoryrlpodcast —— Proudly sponsored by: * ADSE Apparel (10% Discount Code: SIDELINE10) * Akasha * Rusty Penny Brewing Co. —— Hosted by Daniel Tassone, Nicholas Guild & Ryan Clarke. Podcast mixed by Daniel Tassone using Garageband. Podcast distributed to all major listening apps using Spotify for Podcasters. Music credit for this episode: ‘Chase’ [prod. Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay]. —— Logo designed by Tahlia Zaccomer. © The Sideline Story: Rugby League Podcast, 2021. —— “You're listening to The Sideline Story Rugby League Podcast: The Greatest View of Rugby League from the Sideline”