John Fihelly

John Fihelly
Full name John Arthur Fihelly[1]
Date of birth 7 November 1882(1882-11-07)[1]
Place of birth Timoleague [1]
Date of death 2 March 1945(1945-03-02) (aged 62)[1]
Place of death Brisbane[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position flanker}[1]
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1907[1] Wallabies[1] 1[1] 0[1]

John Arthur 'Jack' Fihelly (7 November 1882 – 2 March 1945)[2] was a rugby union player who represented Australia, a rugby league player, a founder of the Queensland rugby league, and a labor party politician.[2]

Fihelly, a flanker}, was born in Timoleague, Ireland and claimed 1 international rugby caps for Australia.

Fihelly was one of rugby league football's founding players in Brisbane. In 1908 he travelled to Britain on the first Kangaroo tour as assistant manager.

He later became a minister in Queensland Labor governments.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Scrum.com player profile of Jack Fihelly". Scrum.com. http://www.scrum.com/australia/rugby/player/1916.html. Retrieved 12 July 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Fihelly, John Arthur (1882 - 1945) — Australian Dictionary of Biography
  3. ^ Cunneen, Chris (2001). The best ever Australian Sports Writing. Australia: Black Inc.. p. 318. ISBN 1 86395 266 7. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=66OBschGE_YC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 19 February 2011. 

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