Sports star: Billy Slater Rugby Player Bio & Images

Sunday, 20 November 2011

Billy Slater Rugby Player Bio & Images

Full name Bill Slater
Nickname Billy The Kid[1]
Born 18 June 1983 (age 28)
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 89 kg (14 st 0 lb)

Billy Slater (born 18 June 1983 in Nambour, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League (NRL). An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative fullback, he has played his whole NRL career to date at Melbourne. One of rugby league's most accoladed current players, Slater has been awarded the 2008 Golden Boot Award, the 2008 and 2011 RLIF Awards for the International Player of the Year, the 2009 Clive Churchill Medal, the winner of the television game show Australia's Greatest Athlete in 2009 and 2010, and the Dally M Medal in 2011 for the NRL's best and fairest player. He holds the tryscoring record for the Storm with 124 tries.

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