Larry O'Malley

Larry 'Jersey' O'Malley (1883–1967) was a pioneer Australian rugby league player for the Eastern Suburbs club.

Before switching codes and joining the Eastern Suburbs club in rugby league's foundation year, 1908, O'Malley played rugby union firstly for the East Borough and then the Sydney Rugby Union Clubs in 1906-07 Born in Ireland in 1883, he arrived in Australia with his parents and older brother the following year aboard the Selkirkshire as assisted immigrants.

[1] He made his representative début for New South Wales in rugby league's inaugural interstate match in 1908.

[1]He returned to Australia and enjoying successive premierships with the Eastern Suburbs club in 1911, 1912 and 1913.

[1] O'Malley retired from playing the game at the end of the 1914 season but went on to become a first grade referee.