Charlie Seeling

Charles Edward "Bronco" Seeling (14 May 1883 – 29 May 1956) was a New Zealand international rugby football player of the early 20th century. He played in the forwards for the original All Blacks, appearing in 11 tests.

Charlie Seeling
Personal information
Full nameCharles Edward Seeling
Born(1883-05-14)14 May 1883
Wanganui, New Zealand
Died29 May 1956(1956-05-29) (aged 73)
Stalybridge, England
Playing information
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight13 st 10 lb (87 kg)
Rugby union
PositionLoose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1904–09 City
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1904–08 New Zealand 39 (11) 11 (2) 0 0 33 (6)
Rugby league
PositionForward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1910–23 Wigan 245 88 0 0 264

Seeling then traveled to Great Britain armed with a 'letter of introduction' from a colleague.[1] He signed with English rugby league club, Wigan in 1910.[2] During the 1912–13 season Seeling played as a front-row forward and scored a try in Wigan's 21-5 victory over Rochdale Hornets in the 1912 Lancashire Cup Final at Weaste, Salford, on Wednesday 11 December 1912.[3]

Seeling went on to make over 200 first grade appearances for the club over thirteen years, playing as captain for three of them. He scored 54 tries for Wigan and appeared in three consecutive championship finals. Noted British rugby writer, E. H. D. Sewell, wrote of Seeling: "Search where one may, a better forward than Seeling does not exist."

He spent the rest of his life in Britain, dying in 1956 at the age of 73 in a car accident.[4]

In 1996 Seeling was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame as well as the international Rugby League Hall of Fame. In 2001 he was inducted as one of the NZRL Legends of League.[5] Seeling's son, Charlie Seeling Jr.. also played rugby league, playing at club level for Warrington, becoming captain of Dewsbury, and playing at representative level for Dominion XIII.[6] A shared benefit match for; Percy Coldrick, Charlie Seeling, and Frank Walford took place in April 1925.

References
  1. Sean Fagan The Rugby Rebellion: The Divide of League and Union RL1908 2005. ISBN 0975756303. p.316.
  2. Charlie Seeling at nzhalloffame.co.nz
  3. "1912-1913 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. Charlie Seeling Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine at rugbymuseum.co.nz
  5. "New Zealand Rugby League Annual Report 2008" (PDF). NZRL. 2008. Archived from the original (pdf) on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  6. Song and Charlie Seeling Archived 26 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine at rugbyleagueoralhistory.hud.ac.uk

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