Charles McMurtrie
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| Full name | Charles Herbert McMurtrie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 May 1881 Orange, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 August 1951 (aged 70) Carlton, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
Rugby union[]
McMurtrie won Olympic Gold in London in 1908 playing rugby union for the Wallabies in the team captained by Chris McKivat.
Rugby league career[]
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.[2]
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.
See also[]
- Rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Footnotes[]
- ^ "Charles McMurtrie". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ 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.
- 1881 births
- 1951 deaths
- Australasia rugby league team players
- Australia national rugby league team players
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian rugby union players
- Balmain Tigers players
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Australasia
- Olympic rugby union players of Australasia
- Rugby league players from Orange, New South Wales
- Rugby union players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Rugby union players from New South Wales