Clive Churchill
Athlete
1927 – 1985
Who was Clive Churchill?
Clive Bernard Churchill AM was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach of 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 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.
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- Born
- Jan 21, 1927
Merewether - Nationality
- Australia
- Died
- Aug 9, 1985
Sydney
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on July 23, 2013
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