Albert Rosenfeld
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Albert Aaron Rosenfeld (1885-1970) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, a national representative whose club career was played in Sydney and in England.
Born in Sydney, the son of a Jewish tailor, Rosenfeld played for the Eastern Suburbs club (1908-1909) in Australia and later for the the Huddersfield, Warrington and Bradford clubs in England.
A five-eighth, Rosenfeld represented his country in four test matches . He made his test debut in Australia's first ever international series against New Zealand in 1908 where he appeared in all three matches. He was selected for Australia's inaugural Kangaroo Tour of 1908-09 making one Test appearance and playing in 13 minor representative matches. Whilst on tour Rosenfeld signed with English club Huddersfield after falling in love with a local mill manager's daughter whom he later married.
He was moved to the wing position by his new club and became a try scoring sensation. In the English season of 1911/12 he set a new try scoring record for one season with 78 tries only to better it 2 seasons later with 80 tries. To date neither mark has been bettered, the nearest anyone has came was 72 by, coincidentally by another former Australian and Eastern Suburbs player, Brian Bevan, in the 1952-53 season.
During his career (1908-1924), Albert Rosenfeld scored 391 tries. His try scoring feats have earned him a place in the English rugby league 'Hall Of Fame' and in 2005, Rosenfeld was accepted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame with his official induction to take place at the 2009 Maccabiah games. He is one of only two rugby league players to be so honoured. In February 2008, Rosenfeld was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908-2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.[1][2]
Rosenfeld was the last of the inaugural Kangaroo Tourists to pass away.
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