Charlie McBride

Charlie McBride
Personal information
Full name Charles Joseph McBride
Born 10 April 1925
New Zealand
Died 3 October 2013(2013-10-03) (aged 88)
Playing information
Position Second-row

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Marist (WCRL)
Blackball (WCRL)
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1945–1952 West Coast
1945–51 South Island
1946–52 New Zealand 21 5 0 0 15
Source: [1]

Charles Joseph McBride (10 April 1925 – 3 October 2013)[2] was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country.[1]

Playing career

McBride played for the Blackball and Marist clubs in the West Coast Rugby League competition.[3] He played for both the West Coast and the South Island.[4] He was first selected for the New Zealand Kiwis in 1946 and toured Great Britain and France in 1947 and Australia in 1948. In 1951 he got bitten during a "brutal match" between the Kiwis and the touring French.[5] He played twenty one tests between 1946 and 1952. He was inducted into the New Zealand Rugby League's Legends of League in 2000.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Charlie McBride's obituary
  3. ↑ Top Players West Coast Rugby Football League
  4. ↑ Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
  5. ↑ Team of the Century - Week 6 Wellington Rugby League
  6. ↑ McBRIDE, Charles Joseph - 1946 - 52 nzleague.co.nz


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