Mick Madsen
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Peter Madsen | |
| Date of birth | 16 September 1901 | |
| Place of birth | Tannymorel, Queensland, | |
| Date of death | 2 February 1979 | |
| Nickname(s) | Mick | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Toowoomba Grammar | ||
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1921–1937 | Brothers, Toowoomba | |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1928–1937 1929–1936 |
Queensland Australia |
39 (9) 9 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Peter "Mick" Madsen (16 September 1901 - 2 February 1979) was an Australian rugby league player. He was a front-row forward for the Australian national team. He played in 9 Tests between 1929 and 1936 as captain on 1 occasion.
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[edit] Early life
Born in Tannymorel near Warwick, Queensland he attended Toowoomba Grammar School and played rugby league there. He was a seasonal labourer in country Queensland when at age 20 he played in a game against the visiting Toowoomba Brothers club who signed him up.
[edit] Club career
Madsen played his entire first grade career of 17 seasons with the Brothers club.
[edit] Representative career
He first represented for Queensland at age 27 and then consistently for the next 9 years making a then record of 34 appearances against New South Wales as well as 5 appearances against touring international sides.
He made his Test debut against England in the first Test of the 1929 Kangaroo Tour. He played in the 2nd Test loss and 17 tour matches before a broken jaw rule him out of further appearances.
He played in all three Tests of the 1932 Ashes series in Australia.
He made his 2nd Kangaroo Tour of England in 1933-34 and played in 25 tour matches and three Tests. He made his sole appearance as captain of the Kangaroos in the 2nd Test at Headingley in November 1933 following injury to tour captain Frank McMillan. Australia lost the game 7-5 in front of a crowd of 30,000 with all of Australia's points scored by the 1930s point scoring sensation Dave Brown.
At 34 years of age Madsen was recalled to the 1936 Australian side in the Third Test against England in Sydney. A late call up, Madsen was the first Australian player to fly to a Test match.
His last first grade game was at age 38. In retirement he remained a notable Toowoomba identity. In February 2008, Madsen 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]
[edit] Representative statistics
| Team | Matches | Years |
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| Queensland | 39 | 1928-1937 |
| Australia | 9 | 1929-1936 |
[edit] Sources
- Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney
- Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
