Charlie McBride explained

Charlie McBride
Fullname:Charles Joseph McBride
Birth Date:10 April 1925
Birth Place:Greymouth, New Zealand
Teama:West Coast
Yearastart:1945
Yearaend:1952
Teamb:South Island
Yearbstart:1945
Yearbend:51
Yearcstart:1946
Yearcend:52
Appearancesc:21
Triesc:5
Goalsc:0
Fieldgoalsc:0
Pointsc:15
Source:[1]
New:yes

Charles Joseph McBride (10 April 1925  - 3 October 2013)[2] was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.[1]

Early life

McBride was born in Greymouth. He was educated at the Marist Brothers School, Greymouth.[2]

Playing career

McBride played for the Blackball and Marist clubs in the West Coast Rugby League competition.[3] He played for both the West Coast and the South Island.[4] He was first selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1946 and toured Great Britain and France in 1947 and Australia in 1948. In 1951 he got bitten during a "brutal match" between the Kiwis and the touring French.[5] He played twenty one tests between 1946 and 1952. He was inducted into the New Zealand Rugby League's Legends of League in 2000.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Charlie McBride's obituary . 20 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160605170239/http://www.greystar.co.nz/content/charles-joseph-mcbride-1925-2013 . 5 June 2016 . dead .
  3. http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=16-7271-0-0-0&sID=241534 Top Players
  4. Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
  5. http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=16-4979-0-0-0&sID=253118 Team of the Century - Week 6
  6. http://www.nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=m&id=296 McBRIDE, Charles Joseph - 1946 - 52