Nicholas Shehadie

Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE
Shehadie in the 1940s
75th Lord Mayor of Sydney
In office 24 September 1973 – 26 September 1975
Deputy	Barrett Lewis Leo Port
Preceded by	David Griffin
Succeeded by	Leo Port
Alderman of the City of Sydney
In office 1 December 1962 – 13 November 1967
Constituency	Northcott Ward
In office 27 September 1969 – 18 September 1977
Constituency	Macquarie Ward
2nd Chairman of the Special Broadcasting Service
In office 10 July 1981 – 17 December 1999
Preceded by	Grisha Sklovsky
Succeeded by	Carla Zampatti
Personal details
Born	Nicholas Michael Shehadie (1926-11-16)16 November 1926[1] Coogee, Sydney, Australia
Died	11 February 2018(2018-02-11) (aged 91) Mosman, Sydney, Australia
Resting place	Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, Sydney
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Dame Marie Bashir
Alma mater	Cleveland St Public School Crown St Commercial School
Rugby player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Front row/Second row Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1942–1958 Randwick DRUFC 175 () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1943–1957 New South Wales 37 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1947–1958 Australia 30

Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie, AC, OBE (16 November 1926 – 11 February 2018) was a Lord Mayor of Sydney (1973–1975) and national representative rugby union captain, who made thirty career test appearances for Australia between 1947 and 1958. He was President of the Australia Rugby Union from 1980 to 1987; in that role he pushed for and succeeded in persuading the International Rugby Board to launch the Rugby World Cup. He is an inductee into both the Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame and the IRB Hall of Fame.