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Max White (rugby union)

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Max White
Full nameMaxwell Clarke White
Date of birth(1908-09-19)19 September 1908
Place of birthToowoomba, QLD, Australia
Date of death5 September 1979(1979-09-05) (aged 70)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1931–33 Australia 9 (0)

Maxwell Clarke White (19 September 1908 — 5 September 1979) was an Australian rugby union international.[1]

White, born in Toowoomba, Queensland, was the eldest son of Ray White, who founded the real estate agency of the same name. He attended The Southport School and played first-grade for Brisbane's YMCA club.[2]

Capped nine times for the Wallabies, White debuted on the 1931 tour of New Zealand. He played his early Tests in the back row, before being used as a makeshift prop on the 1933 tour of South Africa for all five Springboks matches.[2]

White served with the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Strong QLD. Team For Sydney". The Referee. 21 June 1934. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b "Maxwell Clarke White". classicwallabies.com.au.
  3. ^ "Max White Back". Telegraph. 18 April 1945. p. 8 (Second Edition) – via National Library of Australia.
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