Max White (rugby union) explained

Max White
Full Name:Maxwell Clarke White
Birth Date:19 September 1908
Birth Place:Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Position:Forward
Repyears1:1931–33
Repcaps1:9
Reppoints1:0

Maxwell Clarke White (19 September 1908 — 5 September 1979) was an Australian rugby union international.[1]

White, born in Toowoomba, Queensland, was the eldest son of Ray White, who founded the real estate agency of the same name. He attended The Southport School and played first-grade for Brisbane's YMCA club.[2]

Capped nine times for the Wallabies, White debuted on the 1931 tour of New Zealand. He played his early Tests in the back row, before being used as a makeshift prop on the 1933 tour of South Africa for all five Springboks matches.[2]

White served with the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Strong QLD. Team For Sydney . . 21 June 1934 . 18 . National Library of Australia.
  2. Web site: Maxwell Clarke White . classicwallabies.com.au . en.
  3. News: Max White Back . . 18 April 1945 . 8 (Second Edition) . National Library of Australia.