Researching Craig Izzard
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 896 people with the Izzard surname? In that year Izzard was ranked number 2689 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Craig means "Rock, crag" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Craig Izzard on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Craig Izzard and the Izzard Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 1315 people with the Izzard surname in the UK? Izzard is now ranked number 2837 for popularity in the UK. |
Izzard Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Craig Izzard
Craig Izzard
Craig Izzard (born 20 July 1964) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the Penrith Panthers, Parramatta Eels, Balmain Tigers and the Illawarra Steelers in the New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia, initially as a and latterly as a . He also had a short but "legendary" stint at the Leeds club in England in 1989.
Younger brother of Brad Izzard and older to Grant, began his career at local club Penrith captaining their reserve grade side to a premiership in 1987 playing at . Moved to the Eels after his lack of opportunities with the Panthers where he won the clubman of the year award in 1989 before finding it difficult again to hold down a regular first grade spot he moved to Illawarra with the Steelers transforming himself into a tireless .
In 2004 Izzard become manager of the New South Wales Residents rugby league side.
In 2017 he was found corrupt by the Independent Commission Against Corruption for agreeing to accept bribes in exchange for not investigating unlawful asbestos dumping during his employment as an anti-dumping investigator.
A former investigator with the Western Sydney Regional Illegal Dumping Squad (RIDS), was found to have engaged in "serious corrupt conduct" by the commission on Tuesday. The matter has now been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions for the consideration of criminal charges.
He also features in an ABC Four Corners investigation Trashed: The dirty truth about your rubbish, by Caro Meldrum-Hanna which went to air 7 August 2017.
Source: Craig Izzard, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Izzard
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