Australian Rugby League Great Bob Fulton Dead at 73

Former rugby league great and one of the rugby league Immortals, Bob Fulton, looks on at half-time during the 2012 NRL Grand Final match between the Melbourne Storm and the Canterbury Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 30, 2012. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

SYDNEY—Bob Fulton, one of the most celebrated players in Australian rugby league and a former captain, coach and selector of the Kangaroos, has died. He was 73.

Fulton’s death was announced Sunday by his close friend, broadcaster Ray Hadley, on the Sydney radio station 2GB. A cause of death was not given.