Max Hayward (rugby league)

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Max Hayward
Personal information
Full nameMaxwell John Hayward
Born(1915-06-09)9 June 1915
Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia
Died21 February 2011(2011-02-21) (aged 95)
Coorparoo, Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
PositionHalfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1944–47 St George Dragons 37 7 0 0 21
Source: Whiticker/Hudson

Maxwell John Hayward (9 June 1915 – 21 February 2011)[1] was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.

Originally from Beaudesert, Queensland, Max 'the mighty atom' Hayward was a half-back for the St George Dragons for three seasons: 1944, 1946 and 1947. Hayward enlisted in the Australian Army and served in the Middle East and New Guinea,[2] thus his career was curtailed by World War II, but he re-signed with the club in 1946 and played in the 1946 Grand Final. [3]

After the 1947 season he played football on the N.S.W. North Coast before retiring.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Maxwell John Hayward
  2. ^ WW2 Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=8351
  3. ^ The Beaudesert Times 10/10/1947 "Max Hayward" https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216082433?searchTerm=%22max%20hayward%22&searchLimits=l-decade=194%7C%7C%7Cl-year=1947%7C%7C%7Cl-state=Queensland
  4. ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 195 (ISBN 1875169571)