Percy White
Australian rugby league footballer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Australian rugby player. For the British nuclear scientist, see Percy White (nuclear scientist). For the New Zealand cricketer, see Percy White (cricketer). For the actor, see Percy Hynes White.
Percy Rowett White (1888–1918) was an Australian pioneer rugby league player. He played in the New South Wales Rugby League competition at the time of the code's Australian foundation in 1908, and won a premiership with Sydney's Eastern Suburbs club in 1912. He later served in World War I, and was killed by artillery fire in France in 1918.
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Full name | Percy Rowett White | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1888 Paddington, Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 April 1918 (aged 29-30) Villers-Bretonneux, France | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Whiticker As of 17 January 2012 |
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