Charlie White (rugby union)
Appearance
Birth name | Charles John Bloomfield White[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 9 March 1874||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Maitland, New South Wales[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 15 October 1941[1] | (aged 67)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Maitland, New South Wales[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Charles John Bloomfield White (9 March 1874 – 15 October 1941) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
White, a wing, was born in Maitland, NSW and claimed three international rugby caps for Australia. His Test debut was against Great Britain at Sydney on 24 June 1899, the inaugural rugby Test match played by an Australian national representative side.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/1899_Australian_Team.jpg/250px-1899_Australian_Team.jpg)
Published references
- Collection (1995) Gordon Bray presents The Spirit of Rugby, Harper Collins Publishers Sydney
- Howell, Max (2005) Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains, Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ
Footnotes