Charlie White (rugby union)

Charlie White

Full name	Charles J. B. White[1]
Date of birth	c. 1874[1]
Place of birth	Maitland, New South Wales [1]
Date of death	October 1941[1]
Place of death	Maitland, New South Wales[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	wing[1]
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1899–1904[1]	Australia	3[1]	(0)[1]

Charles J. B. "Charlie" White (c. 1874 – October 1941) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

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.