![]() He played at fullback and kicked goals in each of Cessnock's Newcastle Rugby League grand finals wins of 1950, 19. Parkinson played at Parkes in 1949, then rejoined Cessnock in 1950. Parkinson returned for the 1948 NSWRFL season and once again Balmain reached the premiership decider but lost 8-5 to Western Suburbs. The following season he played in Queensland for Babinda as again Balmain won the premiership. ![]() Due to his injury Parkinson missed Balmain's victory over St George in the 1946 premiership decider. However he continued playing and Australia were further depleted when Arthur Clues was sent off for punching and the Kangaroos lost 20-7. Again playing at fullback in the third test, after only 7 minutes Parkinson was tackled heavily and suffered a broken bone in his ankle. ![]() Parkinson retained his place for the second test which the British won 14-5. He made several try-saving tackles, which earned him praise as the Kangaroos held Great Britain to an 8-all draw in the first test. 229 when he was chosen to play at fullback in all three tests against the touring Great Britain team. The following season Parkinson was selected to play representative football for Sydney against South Coast and then during the 1946 Great Britain Lions tour was a surprise selection for Australia, becoming Kangaroo no. Balmain again reached the final in the 1945 NSWRFL season, which was a 22-18 loss against Eastern Suburbs. ![]() Signing with the Balmain club, the 1944 NSWRFL season was his first and at the end of it he played in the Premiership Final against Newtown which the Tigers won 12-8. Parkinson played four seasons in Newcastle for the Cessnock club before moving to Sydney. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative fullback, he played club football in the Newcastle Rugby League for Cessnock, in Sydney's NSWRFL Premiership for Balmain, and also in country Queensland and New South Wales during his career. In addition, he teaches at Framingham State University and Colby College.Įpstein is a member of the American Meteorological Society.Dave Parkinson (1923-1978) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. Since 2015, he has been working as a meteorologist for Boston NPR's WBUR-FM, providing daily weather forecasts and discussions.Įpstein has also contributed weather-related articles to various online publications including Boston Globe and Portland Press-Herald. In September 2014, he joined CBS's WBZ-TV in Boston. He posts gardening-related informational videos on his YouTube channel Growing Wisdom. In 2008 he published his first book Gardens of New England, with Twin Lights Publishing. In 2006, he founded, an online video website for homeowner-gardeners and landscape professionals. In 2001, he founded a landscape design and install company named Bloomscapes. In the years 1994-2001, he also worked in product management for Boston-based Thomson Financial. He worked with WCVB for 16 years, until August 2008. In 1992, he became a Meteorologist for Boston's WCVB-TV, the local American Broadcasting Company (ABC) affiliate in Boston. Epstein began his career in Burlington, Vermont, working for WVNY, an ABC-affiliated television station serving Northern Vermont's Champlain Valley and Upstate New York's North Country, including Plattsburgh.
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