Ken Lock
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| Full name | Kenneth Douglas Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 November 1911 Tamworth, NSW, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 March 1974 (aged 62) Ermington, NSW, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker, Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenneth Douglas Lock (9 November 1911 – 24 March 1974) was an Australian rugby league player.
Lock was born in Tamworth and grew up in a large family. After his father died in a hunting accident, Lock and his family moved to Sydney, where he spent his teenage years.[1]
A front rower, Lock played his early rugby league for Fairfield and Southern Districts. He debuted in first–grade for Western Suburbs in 1937 and made regular appearances until 1941.[2]
Lock was a moulder by trade and an elected member of the Executive Council of the Moulders' Union.[3]
References
- ^ "Kenneth Douglas "Ken" Lock Wests Archive". Wests Archive.
- ^ "Rugby League Western Suburbs Hold St. George". The Biz. 6 June 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 15 September 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Ken Lock's Best "Try"". Tribune. 19 August 1943. p. 3. Retrieved 15 September 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- Ken Lock at Rugby League Project