Thomas Walter Raudonikis was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He played 40 International games and World Cup games as Australia representative halfback and captained his country in two matches of the 1973 Kangaroo tour.
Raudonikis in c. 1978
Raudonikis in 2008
The Western Suburbs Magpies is an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as the club is commonly referred to, was one of the nine foundation clubs of the first New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia. The club, as a sole entity, departed the top-flight competition in 1999 after forming a 50–50 joint venture with Balmain Tigers to form the Wests Tigers. The club currently fields sides in the NSW State Cup, Ron Massey Cup (Opens), S.G. Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup competitions.
Wests in action in 2008
This painting of the Western Suburbs Magpies Team of the Century hangs in Wests Ashfield Leagues Club.
Vic Hey Australian Rep 1933–38
Glory Days: Frank McMillan 1934 premiership winning captain, with (right) Alan Brady & Charlie Cornwell