Andrew Farrar
A tough-as-nails defender who anchored championship teams and later shaped clubs from the front office.
Born 1962 (age 64)·Australian rugby league footballer and coach·Birthday: May 17·Baby Boomers
Biography
Andrew Farrar emerged from the hard-nosed rugby league nurseries of New South Wales to become a defensive cornerstone for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs during their dominant 1980s era. His career was defined by a no-frills, physical style that earned him state and national honors, including a spot in the brutal 1988 World Cup Final. After his playing days, which included a successful stint in England with Wigan, Farrar transitioned to coaching and management. He navigated the complex merger that created the St. George Illawarra Dragons and later returned to the Bulldogs as a key football administrator, applying decades of on-field wisdom to the business of building teams.
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
The largest generation in history at the time. Shaped by postwar prosperity, the Vietnam War, the sexual revolution, and Watergate. They questioned every institution their parents built — then ran them.
Andrew was born in 1962, placing them squarely in the Baby Boomers. The events that shaped this generation — postwar prosperity, civil rights, Vietnam, and the counterculture — shaped the world they entered and the choices available to them.
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The biggest hits of 1962
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Andrew's Life & Times
The world at every milestone
1962Born
Cuban Missile Crisis brings the world to the brink
Gas: $0.31/galHome: $12,800Min wage: $1.15/hrPresident: John F. Kennedy"Stranger on the Shore" — Acker BilkBest Picture: Lawrence of Arabia
1967Started school
Summer of Love in San Francisco; first Super Bowl
Gas: $0.33/galHome: $14,250Min wage: $1.40/hrPresident: Lyndon B. Johnson"To Sir, with Love" — LuluBest Picture: In the Heat of the Night
1975Became a teenager
Fall of Saigon ends the Vietnam War
Gas: $0.57/galHome: $27,600Min wage: $2.10/hrPresident: Gerald Ford"Love Will Keep Us Together" — Captain & TennilleBest Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1978Could drive
First test-tube baby born
Gas: $0.63/galHome: $35,300Min wage: $2.65/hrPresident: Jimmy Carter"Shadow Dancing" — Andy GibbBest Picture: The Deer Hunter
1980Could vote
John Lennon shot and killed in New York
Gas: $1.19/galHome: $47,200Min wage: $3.10/hrPresident: Jimmy Carter"Call Me" — BlondieBest Picture: Ordinary People
1983Turned 21
Internet adopts TCP/IP, creating the modern internet
Gas: $1.16/galHome: $57,700Min wage: $3.35/hrPresident: Ronald Reagan"Every Breath You Take" — The PoliceBest Picture: Terms of Endearment
1992Turned 30
LA riots after Rodney King verdict
Gas: $1.13/galHome: $84,300Min wage: $4.25/hrPresident: George H.W. Bush"End of the Road" — Boyz II MenBest Picture: Unforgiven
2002Turned 40
Euro currency enters circulation
Gas: $1.36/galHome: $137,800Min wage: $5.15/hrPresident: George W. Bush"How You Remind Me" — NickelbackBest Picture: Chicago
2012Turned 50
Curiosity rover lands on Mars; Sandy Hook shooting
Gas: $3.64/galHome: $143,200Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Barack Obama"Somebody That I Used to Know" — GotyeBest Picture: Argo
2022Turned 60
Russia invades Ukraine; Queen Elizabeth II dies
Gas: $3.97/galHome: $348,700Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Joe Biden"As It Was" — Harry StylesBest Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once
2026Age 64 today
Gas: $3.91/galPresident: Donald Trump
Key Achievements
- Played for Australia in the 1988 Rugby League World Cup Final against New Zealand.
- Represented New South Wales in multiple State of Origin series during a fiercely competitive era.
- Won multiple premierships with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL.
- Served as General Manager of Football at the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs from 2017 to 2019.
Did You Know?
He played for both sides of the St. George Illawarra Dragons merger, having played for Illawarra and later coached the joint venture.
His professional playing career spanned 15 seasons from 1982 to 1997.
He had a second stint in England not as a player but as the head coach of Wigan Warriors in 2006.
“Defense isn't about glory; it's about stopping the other bloke, full stop.”
