Wally Lewis

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actor human rugby league player sports commentator

Wally Lewis is an Australian rugby league legend, often called "The King," renowned for his dominant State of Origin performances for Queensland and his pivotal role in the sport during the 1980s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
rugby league player ⓘ
sports commentator ⓘ
awardReceived Member of the Order of Australia ⓘ
captainedTeam Australia national rugby league team ⓘ
Queensland Maroons ⓘ
surface form: Queensland State of Origin team
child Lincoln Lewis ⓘ
club Brisbane Broncos ⓘ
Valleys Diehards ⓘ
Wakefield Trinity (rugby league) ⓘ
surface form: Wakefield Trinity

Wynnum-Manly Seagulls ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Australia ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1959-12-01 ⓘ
employer Nine Network ⓘ
era 1980s ⓘ
fullName Walter James Lewis ⓘ
givenName Walter ⓘ
HallOfFame NRL Hall of Fame ⓘ
surface form: Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame

Sport Australia Hall of Fame ⓘ
honorificTitle Immortal of rugby league ⓘ
inductedInto NRL Hall of Fame ⓘ
jerseyNumber 6 ⓘ
knownFor dominant State of Origin performances ⓘ
influence on rugby league in the 1980s ⓘ
leadership for Queensland in State of Origin ⓘ
league Brisbane Rugby League ⓘ
NSWRL ⓘ
surface form: New South Wales Rugby League
Lincoln Lewis instanceOf ⓘ
medicalCondition epilepsy ⓘ
nationalTeam Australia national rugby league team ⓘ
nickname King Wally ⓘ
The King ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hawthorne, Queensland, Australia ⓘ
positionPlayed five-eighth ⓘ
stand-off ⓘ
postRetirementOccupation television sports presenter ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the greatest rugby league players of all time ⓘ
retiredFromPlaying early 1990s ⓘ
sport rugby league ⓘ
StateOfOriginAppearances 31 ⓘ
StateOfOriginDebutYear 1980 ⓘ
StateOfOriginManOfTheMatchAwards 8 ⓘ
StateOfOriginSeriesWinsAsCaptain 8 ⓘ
stateOfOriginTeam Queensland ⓘ
testDebutForAustraliaYear 1981 ⓘ
underwentSurgery brain surgery for epilepsy ⓘ

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Maroons → notablePlayer → Wally Lewis ⓘ