Percy White
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Paddington, Sydney, Australia
Villers-Bretonneux, France
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| Full name | Percy Rowett White | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1887 Paddington, Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 April 1918 (aged 30) Villers-Bretonneux, France | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Whiticker As of 17 January 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Eddie White (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Percy Rowett White (1887–1918) was an Australian pioneer rugby league player. He played in the New South Wales Rugby League competition at the time of the code's Australian foundation in 1908, and won a premiership with Sydney's Eastern Suburbs club in 1912. He later served in World War I, and was killed by artillery fire in France in 1918.
Born in the inner-city Sydney suburb of Paddington, White played 89 matches for the Eastern Suburbs club between 1908 and 1916. He played as a prop forward in East's 14–12 loss to South Sydney in rugby league's first premiership decider in season 1908. He was a squad member of the Easts sides who won premierships in 1911, 1912 and 1913, as well as the City Cup-winning sides of 1914, 1915 and 1916. White is recognised as Eastern Suburbs' 23rd player; his teammate Eddie White was his brother, while his father, John White, was one of the club's earliest presidents.
