What is Tommy Raudonikis?
[[File:Tommy Raudonikis.jpg|thumb|200px|Raudonikis in 2008]] '''Tommy Raudonikis''' {{Small|[[Medal of the Order of Australia|OAM]]}} (13 April 1950 – 7 April 2021) was an [[Australia]]n former [[rugby league]] player and [[coach (sport)|coach]]. He played as a halfback. He played for the [[Western Suburbs Magpies]] between 1969 and 1979, and the [[Newtown Jets]] for two seasons from 1980 to 1982. He also represented both [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]] and [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]] from 1971 to 1980. He later coached the Western Suburbs Magpies and New South Wales in the 1990s. Raudonikis was born in [[Bathurst, New South Wales]], and grew up in [[Cowra]]. His father was [[Lithuania]]n and his mother was [[Swiss people|Swiss]]. After years of ill health,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://au.sports.yahoo.com/inoperable-rugby-league-legends-devastating-cancer-update-001812872.html|title='It's inoperable': Rugby league legend's devastating cancer update|work=Yahoo Sports|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|date=13 April 2019|access-date=5 May 2019}}</ref> Raudonikis died on 7 April 2021 of cancer on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]] in [[Queensland]]. He was 70. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/tom-raudonikis/summary.html Tommy Raudonikis] at the Rugby League Project {{DEFAULTSORT:Raudonikis, Tommy}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Australian rugby league players]] [[Category:Rugby league coaches]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:Sportspeople from New South Wales]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}