Russell McCarthy (1929-2008) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995.
Amazingly, Russell McCarthy first trialled with the St. George Dragons as a 16 year old in 1945.Sydney Morning Herald "Boy 'Find' in St.George League Trials" 12/3/1945 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27929643?searchTerm=%22russell%20mccarthy%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales He was graded soon after, and was a mainstay in the lower grades for Saints during the late 1940s, and occasionally figured in first grade. He won a premiership with the St.George Third Grade team in the 1949 grand final in which he was Captain.
He joined the Central Newcastle club in the Newcastle competition in 1950,Newcastle Sun - "New Central League Half Shows Out In Trials" 22/3/1950 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/157870929?searchTerm=%22russell%20mccarthy%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=195 before ending his career again at St. George in the early 1950s.Daily Telegraph 4/5/1952 (russell McCarthy photograph) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248723435?searchTerm=%22russell%20mccarthy%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=195|||l-year=1952
McCarthy died at the St. George Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales on 14 August 2008.Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 16/8/2008 (Death notice)
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