Charlie White (rugby union)

Charles John Bloomfield White (9 March 1874 – 15 October 1941) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

Charlie White

Birth name	Charles John Bloomfield White[1]
Date of birth	(1874-03-09)9 March 1874[1]
Place of birth	Maitland, New South Wales[1]
Date of death	15 October 1941(1941-10-15) (aged 67)[1]
Place of death	Maitland, New South Wales[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) wing[1] International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1899–1904[1] Australia 3[1] (0[1])

White, a wing, was born in Maitland, NSW and claimed three international rugby caps for Australia. His Test debut was against Great Britain at Sydney on 24 June 1899, the inaugural rugby Test match played by an Australian national representative side.

White appeared in the inaugural Australian rugby union team, 1899

Published references

• Collection (1995) Gordon Bray presents The Spirit of Rugby, Harper Collins Publishers Sydney
• Howell, Max (2005) Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains, Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ

Footnotes

1. "Scrum.com player profile of Charlie White". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.