Noel White (rugby league)

Terence 'Noel' White (30 December 1923 – 20 June 2019) was an Australian rugby league footballer. He was one of only seven players to have represented New South Wales, Queensland and Australia in a 12-month period. At the time of his death, he was Australia's oldest member of the Australia national rugby league team, being the last surviving member of Australia's 1946 team that played England for The Ashes in Australia.[2]

Terence 'Noel' White

Personal information
Born	30 December 1923
Died	20 June 2019 (aged 95) Nelson Bay, New South Wales
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 19??–46 Kurri Kurri 1947–?? Wests (Brisbane) Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1945–46 Country NSW 2 2 0 0 6 1945–46 New South Wales 5 4 0 0 12 1946 Australia 1 0 0 0 0 1947 Queensland 4 2 0 0 6
Source: [1]

White was a winger who was a noted sprinter.[3] He played club football in New South Wales for the Kurri Kurri Bulldogs, in Brisbane for Wests Panthers and in Townsville for Centrals ASA.[4][5] In 1947 he captain-coached Centrals to their third Townsville first grade premiership.[6]

He represented Country and NSW teams in 1945-46 before being chosen to play for Australia. After moving to Townsville in 1947, he represented Queensland in four interstate matches against NSW before a serious knee injury forced him into retirement before the Kangaroos tour in 1948.

In 2010 White was named on the wing in Kurri Rugby League Club's Team of the Century, having played in the 1945 Grand Final-winning team.[7]

References

1. Rugby League Project
2. Obituary - NSW Rugby League (26 June, 2019)
3. Obituary - Newcastle Herald (27 June 2019)
4. Queensland representative players Archived 1 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine — Queensland Rugby League
5. History — Centrals ASA Senior Rugby League Football Club
6. "First Grade Premierships". Centrals ASA Senior Rugby League Football Club. sportingpulse.com. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
7. cessnockadvertiser.com.au (21 July 2010). "Kurri Rugby League Club announces Team of the Century". The Advertiser. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.