St George and rugby league icon Eddie Lumsden has passed away at the age of 83.

Lumsden died at 6am on Sunday morning, with the Kurri Kurri product leaving behind a reputation as one of the game’s most respected players.

The freakish try-scoring winger won nine premierships with St George in a decade long career from 1957-66.

Sad news on @NRL grandfinal morning with @NRL_Dragons and @Kurri_Bulldogs legend Eddie Lumsden passing away at the age of 83 at 6am. We lose another great of the game and a wonderful fella.

RIP Eddie......@newcastleherald — Barry Toohey (@BarryToohey) October 5, 2019

Lumsden tallied a remarkable 137 tries in 162 matches, placing him 25th on the all-time scorer’s list with a vastly superior strike-rate to many of the players above him.

Lumsden notched 19 games for New South Wales and 15 for Australia, crossing for 18 tries.

Incredibly, Lumsden scored two grand final hat-tricks in 1959 and 1961.