Australian rugby league legend and South Sydney Rabbitohs icon whose all-round excellence, exceptional carrying ability and consistent excellence across the 1960s and 1970s produced multiple premierships and a defining career.
Ron Coote is an Australian back-rower and one of the finest players of the 1970s, a versatile performer whose exceptional fitness, intelligent play, and consistent excellence made him a cornerstone of South Sydney and Eastern Suburbs. A multiple State of Origin and Australian representative, his long career and consistent high standards placed him among his generation's finest footballers.