Corey Adams (born 1962)[3] is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League competition. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Eastern Suburbs.
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| Full name | Corey Adams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 February 1962 Maroubra, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Between 1974 and 2019, Adams held the Sydney eastern suburbs school zone boys 12 200m freestyle record (2 minutes and 30.90 seconds).[4]
After a brief playing career, Adams spent 20 years as a professional lifeguard at Bondi Beach with Waverley Council,[5] featuring in many episodes of Bondi Rescue over its first three seasons.[6][7] During his time as a lifeguard, he also served a firefighter with Fire and Rescue NSW.[8][9] In 2011, he became president of the Maroubra Surfers Association.[10] He still held that position in 2013.[11]
References
edit- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Yesterday's Hero
- ^ "Corey Adams – South Sydney Player Report". ssralmanac.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ Field, Antony (27 March 2019). "Swimmer smashes 45-year-old 200m freestyle record". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ Bondi Rescue profile
- ^ "Bondi surf rescue show goes global". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 January 2007.
- ^ Metacritic
- ^ Lifeguard's 2nd Job | Best of Bondi Rescue
- ^ Real People, Real Stories – Maroubra local, Corey Adams, retrieved 2 June 2021
- ^ MSA History
- ^ The Maroubra Surfers Association celebrates 50th anniversary
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