Noel White (rugby league) explained

Terence 'Noel' White
Birth Date:1923 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:Nelson Bay, New South Wales
Club1:Kurri Kurri
Year1start:19??
Year1end:46
Club2:Wests (Brisbane)
Year2start:1947
Year2end:??
Teama:Country NSW
Yearastart:1945
Yearaend:46
Appearancesa:2
Triesa:2
Goalsa:0
Fieldgoalsa:0
Pointsa:6
Teamb:New South Wales
Yearbstart:1945
Yearbend:46
Appearancesb:5
Triesb:4
Goalsb:0
Fieldgoalsb:0
Pointsb:12
Teamc:Australia
Yearcstart:1946
Appearancesc:1
Triesc:0
Goalsc:0
Fieldgoalsc:0
Pointsc:0
Teamd:Queensland
Yeardstart:1947
Appearancesd:4
Triesd:2
Goalsd:0
Fieldgoalsd:0
Pointsd:6
Source:[1]

Terence 'Noel' White (30 December 1923 – 20 June 2019) was an Australian rugby league footballer. He was one of only seven players to have represented New South Wales, Queensland and Australia in a 12-month period. At the time of his death, he was Australia's oldest member of the Australia national rugby league team, being the last surviving member of Australia's 1946 team that played England for The Ashes in Australia.[2]

White was a winger who was a noted sprinter.[3] He played club football in New South Wales for the Kurri Kurri Bulldogs, in Brisbane for Wests Panthers and in Townsville for Centrals ASA.[4] [5] In 1947 he captain-coached Centrals to their third Townsville first grade premiership.[6]

He represented Country and NSW teams in 1945-46 before being chosen to play for Australia. After moving to Townsville in 1947, he represented Queensland in four interstate matches against NSW before a serious knee injury forced him into retirement before the Kangaroos tour in 1948.

In 2010 White was named on the wing in Kurri Rugby League Club's Team of the Century, having played in the 1945 Grand Final-winning team.[7]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/noel-white/summary.html Rugby League Project
  2. https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2019/06/26/vale-terence-noel-white/ Obituary - NSW Rugby League (26 June, 2019)
  3. https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6245354/obituary-full-time-for-australias-oldest-kangaroos-player-noel-white/ Obituary - Newcastle Herald (27 June 2019)
  4. http://www.qrl.com.au/default.aspx?s=history-players Queensland representative players
  5. http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=7-2269-23768-0-0&sID=25890 History
  6. Web site: First Grade Premierships. Centrals ASA Senior Rugby League Football Club. sportingpulse.com. 1 September 2012.
  7. News: cessnockadvertiser.com.au. Kurri Rugby League Club announces Team of the Century. 2 April 2011. The Advertiser. 21 July 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110308043221/http://www.cessnockadvertiser.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/kurri-rugby-league-club-announces-team-of-the-century/1891170.aspx. 8 March 2011.