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Jim Dymock

Jim Dymock, Australian rugby league player and coach

Born
April 4, 1972
Age in 2026
54
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1972

About Jim Dymock

Jim Dymock (born 4 April 1972) is a professional rugby league coach who is the assistant coach of the Manly Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL) and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A Tonga and Australia international, and New South Wales State of Origin representative five-eighth or lock, he played club football for Sydney's Western Suburbs Magpies, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Parramatta Eels, finishing his career in the Super League for the London Broncos. He then embarked on a coaching career, becoming head coach of the Tongan national team. He spent the latter part of the 2011 NRL season as head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, and has been an assistant coach at the Sydney Roosters, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL. Dymock began his first-grade club career in the 1991 NSWRL season at the Western Suburbs Magpies, opposing Wally Lewis and scoring two tries in his debut. Dymock won the Clive Churchill Medal for man-of-the-match. He was part of the successful Australian squad that won the 1995 Rugby League World Cup in England.

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Jim Dymock timeline

  1. Dymock began his first-grade club career in the 1991 NSWRL season at the Western Suburbs Magpies, opposing Wally Lewis and scoring two tries in his debut.
  2. He was part of the successful Australian squad that won the 1995 Rugby League World Cup in England.

The world when Jim Dymock was born

Jim Dymock was born in 1972. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1972

  • #1 song"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack
  • Top movieThe Godfather
  • Top TV showAll in the Family
  • Best-selling bookJonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMark Spitz wins 7 gold medals at Munich Olympics
  • Top headlineWatergate break-in begins Nixon's downfall
  • Technology milestoneAtari founded
  • Defining fadPong (first mainstream video game)
  • Notable inventionPong video game
  • World population3.85 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRichard Nixon
  • Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
  • Also wonLos Angeles Lakers (NBA)
  • U.S. population209.9M

1972 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jim Dymock's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19722026
Gas$0.36$3.45/gal
Average home$19,800$435,000
Average income$12,600$67,500
Minimum wage$1.60$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.70$11.95
Postage stamp$0.08$0.73
Population209.9M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

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