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Full name | Sidney Henry William Pearce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Woollahra, New South Wales | 7 September 1910||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 October 1995 Double Bay, New South Wales | (aged 85)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 15 st 0 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sid 'Joe' Pearce (7 September 1910 – 16 October 1995) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. An Australian international and New South Wales representative second-row forward, he played his club football for Eastern Suburbs with whom he won the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1940. Son of fellow Australian Rugby League Hall of Famer, Sandy Pearce, he is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.[2]