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At 98, Joe is more than 2.5 times older than some clubs with 38 years of "history".
8 November 2004
St George's oldest living player, 98-year-old JOE SHARP, is still fighting fit and earned a hearty round of applause for his longevity at the Grand Final lunch.
Joe, a second rower for the Dragons in the late 20s and early 30s, will celebrate 76 years of holy union to wife Violet on the Central Coast on November 17.
"I feel like I have another couple of years left in me," Joe said at the Lunch, where Prime Minister John Howard and Labor leader Mark Latham raised a glass to him.
"I had one beer today," added the former railway worker.
"I'm under strict instruction from the wife not to drink, but I always had a couple of schooners every day when I was working two was enough." Still as sharp as a tack and remarkably nimble, he bypassed the lift for the stairs as he left the club unassisted.
The couple's daughter, Bev Lawrence, recently discovered the above picture of the 1931 First-Grade side taken at Earl Park (St George vs North Sydney).
Joe is the one wearing headgear.
http://www.stgeorge.org.au/news/static/article_82.asp
8 November 2004
St George's oldest living player, 98-year-old JOE SHARP, is still fighting fit and earned a hearty round of applause for his longevity at the Grand Final lunch.
Joe, a second rower for the Dragons in the late 20s and early 30s, will celebrate 76 years of holy union to wife Violet on the Central Coast on November 17.
"I feel like I have another couple of years left in me," Joe said at the Lunch, where Prime Minister John Howard and Labor leader Mark Latham raised a glass to him.
"I had one beer today," added the former railway worker.
"I'm under strict instruction from the wife not to drink, but I always had a couple of schooners every day when I was working two was enough." Still as sharp as a tack and remarkably nimble, he bypassed the lift for the stairs as he left the club unassisted.
The couple's daughter, Bev Lawrence, recently discovered the above picture of the 1931 First-Grade side taken at Earl Park (St George vs North Sydney).
Joe is the one wearing headgear.
http://www.stgeorge.org.au/news/static/article_82.asp