Claude Nicholson (rugby league)

Claude Hubert "Tod" Nicholson (1892-1951) was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) Competition.

Nicholson, known as Tod, played for the Eastern Suburbs side in the 1913 season, the year the club won its third successive premiership. He is recognised as the 'Tricolours' 69th player. In 1914 he enlisted in the armed services and serviced with the 14th field ambulance corp at 2 AGH ( Australian ground hospital) Boulogne, France.

Tod Nicholson died at the Concord Repatriation General Hospital on the 12 March 1951.[1]

References

  1. Sydney Morning Herald- Death Notice 13/03/1951
  • The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League; Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.