Gary Burger: Pirates life member is the Leader's latest Unsung Sports Hero recipient

By Mark Bode
Updated August 7 2020 - 10:38am, first published August 4 2020 - 6:00pm
POWER OF TWO: Pirates life member Gary Burger (right) and the club's latest groundsman, Dr Andew Verrell. Photo: Peter Hardin 040820PHA005
POWER OF TWO: Pirates life member Gary Burger (right) and the club's latest groundsman, Dr Andew Verrell. Photo: Peter Hardin 040820PHA005
Unsung Sports Hero: Loyal Pirates servant Gary Burger
Unsung Sports Hero: Loyal Pirates servant Gary Burger

Upon arriving in Tamworth in 1974 for a job at the now-defunct Rural Bank, Gary Burger, a rugby league player from Murwillumbah, found himself in Pirates colours.

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