yearastart death_date teama fieldgoalsa birth_date tries yearstart triesb appearances pointsa death_place club goals fieldgoals yearbstart points name fullname yearend teamb pointsb source retired appearancesa yearbend appearancesb position goalsa goalsb fieldgoalsb triesa article_title
1948 26 december 2013 n.s.w. 0 6 december 1924 10 2 0 1947 1950 1954 0 47 25 3 16 coffs harbour , new south wales canterbury bulldogs balmain tigers st. george dragons 44 3 0 0 0 0 1948 118 12 0 bruce hopkins colin bruce hopkins 49 51 australia 0 whiticker/hudson yes 2 49 0 halfback 8 0 0 0 bruce hopkins -lrb- rugby league -rrb-

bruce hopkins -lrb- rugby league -rrb-

bruce hopkins -lrb- 6 december 1924 -- 26 december 2013 -rrb- was an australian rugby league player of the 1940s .
he played for the canterbury bulldogs for three seasons between 1947-1949 , the balmain tigers for two seasons between 1950-1951 , the st. george dragons for one season in 1954 .
hopkins represented new south wales in 1947 and 1948 and for the australian national side in 1948 .
he attended sydney boys high school , graduating in 1942 .
while serving in the australian army in townsville , he played for centrals asa rugby league club during 1945 and 1946 .
hopkins played for canterbury-bankstown at halfback in the 1947 nswrfl season 's grand final , losing to balmain .
the following year he was first selected to play for australia , but did not appear in any test matches .
he is remembered as the first ever canterbury-bankstown player to be selected for a kangaroo tour .
