BIOGRAPHY Johnathan Dean Thurston, born April 25, 1983 in Brisbane, Queensland, is an Australian professional rugby league footballer and captain of the North Queensland Cowboys of the National Rugby League (as of 2009).
Thurston is of Indigenous Australian and New Zealand ethnicity. His father is a New Zealander and his mother an Indigenous Australian. Thurston was born in Brisbane and began playing rugby league at a very young age for Souths Sunnybank Junior Rugby League Football Club in Brisbane's southside. A two-time Dally M Medal and Wally Lewis medallist, he has also represented Queensland and Australia.
Thurston started his National Rugby League career with the Bulldogs with whom he won the 2004 National Rugby League Grand Final before moving to the North Queensland Cowboys in 2005. His achievements and accolades include "2007 Dally M Player of the Year", "2007 Dally M Halfback of the Year" and "2008 Wally Lewis Medal for State of Origin player of the seriesJ". In August, 2008, Thurston was named at half-back in the Indigenous Team of the Century.
In late 2005, Thurston was one of 12 of the hottest players in the NRL that posed for the League Of Their Own 2006 calendar that was produced in the style of the famous Dieux du Stade calendars to raise money for the Koori Kids foundation. View GALLERY:
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