Charles McMurtrie
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Full name | Charles Herbert McMurtrie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Orange, New South Wales, Australia | 1 May 1881||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 August 1951 Carlton, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 70)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Herbert "Jeff" McMurtrie (1 May 1881 – 9 August 1951) was a pioneer Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer who represented his country at both sports. He competed in rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics and was an early dual-code rugby international.
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McMurtrie won Olympic Gold in London in 1908 playing rugby union for the Wallabies in the team captained by Chris McKivat.
On his return to Australia he joined the fledgling code of rugby league along with a number of his Olympic teammates. He was selected in 1911 for the 2nd Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and played in 7 tour matches scoring 3 tries. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 81.[1]
Along with Peter Burge and Bob Stuart, McMurtie made his international league debut in a tour match in 1911 but did not play in any Tests. Collectively they were Australia's 17th to 19th dual code rugby internationals.
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See also
Footnotes
- ^ ARL Annual Report 2005
References
- Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League, Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
- Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
External links
- Charles McMurtrie's profile at databaseOlympics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charles McMurtrie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1881 births
- 1951 deaths
- Australian rugby union players
- Rugby union players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby union players of Australasia
- Olympic gold medalists for Australasia
- Australian rugby league players
- Balmain Tigers players
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- Australia national rugby league team players
- Australasia rugby league team players
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Rugby league players from New South Wales