Clive Churchill

Clive Churchill

Churchill in 1952
Personal information
Full name	Clive Bernard Churchill
Born	(1927-01-21)21 January 1927 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Died	9 August 1985(1985-08-09) (aged 58) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (12 st 0 lb)
Position	Fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1946–47 Central Newcastle 1947–58 South Sydney 158 13 74 3 193 1959 Norths (Brisbane) 1961 Moree Boars Total 158 13 74 3 193 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1948–55 NSW City Firsts 8 2 3 1 14 1948–57 New South Wales 27 4 15 3 48 1948–56 Australia 38 0 9 1 20 1951 Sydney Firsts 1 0 0 0 0 1959 Queensland 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1958 South Sydney 18 6 0 12 33 1959 Northern Suburbs 21 15 0 6 71 1963–64 Canterbury-Bankstown 36 7 2 27 19 1967–75 South Sydney 211 136 3 72 64 Total 286 164 5 117 57 Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 1952–63 Australia 29 15 1 13 52 1959 Queensland 3 2 0 1 67
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Clive Bernard Churchill AM (21 January 1927 – 9 August 1985) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach in the mid-20th century. An Australian international and New South Wales and Queensland interstate representative fullback, he played the majority of his club football with and later coached the South Sydney Rabbitohs. He won five premierships with the club as a player and three more as coach. Retiring as the most capped Australian Kangaroos player ever, Churchill is thus considered one of the game's greatest ever players^[2] and the prestigious Clive Churchill Medal for man-of-the-match in the NRL grand final bears his name. Churchill's attacking flair as a player is credited with having changed the role of the fullback.^[3]