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Michael Buettner

Michael Buettner, Australian rugby league player and official

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Born
October 30, 1973
Age in 2026
53
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1973

About Michael Buettner

Michael Buettner is an Australian rugby league official and former professional footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative back, he played club football for the North Sydney Bears, the Northern Eagles, the Parramatta Eels and the Wests Tigers. A Parramatta junior, Buettner made his first-grade début for the Eels in round 4 1992, against the Sydney Roosters at Aussie Stadium on 12 April. In 1999, Buettner played in North Sydney's final ever game as a first grade side which was a 28–18 victory over North Queensland in Townsville with Buettner scoring a try. At the end of that season he won the Eric Grothe award, as the Eels' rookie of the year. In 1998 he scored a North Sydney record 21 tries in a season.

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Michael Buettner timeline

  1. A Parramatta junior, Buettner made his first-grade début for the Eels in round 4 1992, against the Sydney Roosters at Aussie Stadium on 12 April.
  2. In 1998 he scored a North Sydney record 21 tries in a season.
  3. In 1999, Buettner played in North Sydney's final ever game as a first grade side which was a 28–18 victory over North Queensland in Townsville with Buettner scoring a try.

The world when Michael Buettner was born

Michael Buettner was born in 1973. 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 1973

  • #1 song"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Tony Orlando & Dawn
  • Top movieThe Sting
  • Top TV showAll in the Family
  • Best-selling bookGravity's Rainbow – Thomas Pynchon

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentSecretariat wins the Triple Crown with a record Belmont Stakes
  • Top headlineOPEC oil embargo triggers global energy crisis
  • Technology milestoneFirst mobile phone call (Martin Cooper, Motorola)
  • Defining fadPlatform shoes
  • Notable inventionMobile phone (Motorola prototype)
  • World population3.93 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRichard Nixon
  • Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
  • Also wonNew York Knicks (NBA)
  • U.S. population211.9M

1973 versus 2026

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

Measure19732026
Gas$0.39$3.45/gal
Average home$22,100$435,000
Average income$13,500$67,500
Minimum wage$1.60$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.77$11.95
Postage stamp$0.08$0.73
Population211.9M341 million

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