Ned Andrews (rugby league)
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| Full name | Neville Thomas Marchese Andrews | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 April 1922 Maitland, NSW, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 January 2012 (aged 89) Merewether, NSW, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre / Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neville Thomas Marchese "Ned" Andrews OAM (6 April 1922 – 2 January 2012) was an Australian international rugby league player and trade unionist.[1]
Raised in Newcastle, Andrews left school aged 14 and served with the AIF in New Guinea during World War II.[2]
Andrews started his rugby league career with South Newcastle and earned New South Wales representative honours in 1948.[3] He also toured Queensland with a Newcastle representative team that year and impressed Mackay club officials, who recruited him as captain-coach.[4] In 1950, Andrews was a centre for Australia in the 2nd Test against Great Britain in Brisbane and played well until pulling a leg muscle late in the first half.[5]
A State Dockyard Union worker, Andrews was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to "industry and to trade unionism".[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Rigney, Sam (11 February 2012). "Obituary: Neville 'Ned' Andrews". Newcastle Herald.
- ^ "State Dockyard Unions - Interview with Neville (Ned) Thomas Andrews O.A.M - 15 September 1987". Living Histories.
- ^ White, Greg (14 January 2012). "Full-time for Coffs league legend". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Local Man Makes Top". Daily Mercury. 26 June 1950. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Andrews aiming at Ayr game". Daily Mercury. 3 July 1950. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Tributes for league legend Neville Andrews". ABC News. 4 January 2012.
External links
[edit]- Ned Andrews at Rugby League Project
- 1922 births
- 2012 deaths
- Australian rugby league players
- Australia national rugby league team players
- New South Wales rugby league team players
- Queensland rugby league team players
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Rugby league players from Newcastle, New South Wales
- Australian Army personnel of World War II
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- South Newcastle Lions players