Jim Warwick
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Full name | James Andrew Warwick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia | 4 June 1901||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 July 1941 Brighton-Le-Sands, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 40)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb; 12 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 30 August 2019 Source: [1] |
James Andrew Warwick (4 June 1901 – 25 July 1941) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s.
Career[]
Warwick was a prop forward and started his career at Newtown, and was graded there in 1924. He played two seasons for them before moving with his family into the St. George district at Brighton-Le-Sands, New South Wales. As per the residential rule, his new club became St. George and he gave them three years of solid service.[2] He retired from the club at the end of the 1929 season due to a contractual payment issue that involved the club and George Carstairs.[3]
Death[]
Warwick died suddenly aged 40 on 25 July 1941 at Brighton-Le-Sands, New South Wales, although he had been in ill health since the previous year.[4] [5] [6]
War service[]
Warwick was a vertern of World War I, having enlisted in the AIF underage in 1918. [7]
References[]
- ^ "Jim Warwick – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ISBN 1875169571
- ^ The Truth (Sydney) 29/8/1929 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169321431?searchTerm=%22jim%20warwick%22%20%22st.george%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales
- ^ Truth (Sydney) 27/7/1941 Jim Warwick death reference https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169761279?searchTerm=%22Jim%20warwick%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=194%7C%7C%7Cl-year=1941%7C%7C%7Cl-month=7
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald DEATH NOTICE 26/7/1941 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17742182?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FS%2Ftitle%2F35%2F1941%2F07%2F26%2Fpage%2F1104567%2Farticle%2F17742182
- ^ Truth (Sydney) Jim Warwick hospital reference 26/5/1940 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169116283?searchTerm=%22jim%20warwick%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=194
- ^ AIF Project James Andrew Warwick https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=314567
- St. George Dragons players
- Newtown Jets players
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Rugby league props
- Australian rugby league players
- 1901 births
- 1941 deaths
- Australian military personnel of World War I
- Child soldiers in World War I
- Australian rugby league biography, 1900s birth stubs