Russell McCarthy (rugby league)

Russell McCarthy

Personal information
Full name	Russell John McCarthy
Born	1929
Died	14 August 2008 (aged 78–79) Kogarah, New South Wales
Playing information
Position	Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1948–53 St. George 8 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Russell McCarthy (1929-2008) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s.[2]

Amazingly, Russell McCarthy first trialled with the St. George Dragons as a 16 year old in 1945.[3] He was graded soon after, and was a mainstay in the lower grades for Saints during the late 1940s, and occasionally figured in first grade. He won a premiership with the St.George Third Grade team in the 1949 grand final in which he was Captain.

He joined the Central Newcastle club in the Newcastle competition in 1950,[4] before ending his career again at St. George in the early 1950s.[5]

McCarthy died at the St. George Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales on 14 August 2008.[6]

References

1. "R McCarthy - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
2. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ISBN 1875169571
3. Sydney Morning Herald "Boy 'Find' in St.George League Trials" 12/3/1945 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27929643?searchTerm=%22russell%20mccarthy%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales
4. Newcastle Sun - "New Central League Half Shows Out In Trials" 22/3/1950 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/157870929?searchTerm=%22russell%20mccarthy%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=195
5. Daily Telegraph 4/5/1952 (russell McCarthy photograph) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248723435?searchTerm=%22russell%20mccarthy%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=195%7C%7C%7Cl-year=1952
6. Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 16/8/2008 (Death notice)