Claud O'Donnell

Claud O'Donnell

Australian national rugby league player
Full name	Claud Augustus O'Donnell[1]
Date of birth	30 January 1886(1886-01-30)[1]
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales [1]
Date of death	4 August 1953(1953-08-04) (aged 67)[1]
Place of death	Sydney, New South Wales [1]
Rugby league career
Position	Hooker
Professional clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1915-17 1918 1919-22 1923	Glebe Dirty Reds South Sydney Souths Magpies North Sydney Bears	39 13 10	(0) (3) (0)
State Representation
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1919-22	Queensland	6	(3)
National teams
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1919	Australia	4	(0)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	hooker[1]
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Glebe RUFC
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1912-13	New South Wales
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1913[1]	Wallabies[1]	2[1]	(0)[1]

Claud Augustus O'Donnell (30 January 1886 – 4 August 1953) was an Australian rugby union and rugby league player and represented his country at both sports - a dual-code rugby international.

Rugby union career

O'Donnell played rugby union with the Glebe club in inner city Sydney. He made his representative debut for New South Wales in 1912 and the following year made two Test appearances as hooker for the Wallabies against the All Blacks in the 1913 tour of New Zealand.

Rugby league career

Switching to rugby league O'Donnell joined the Glebe Dirty Reds in 1915 and had three seasons in the Sydney premiership. In 1918 he moved to Brisbane and joined the Carltons club, one of the early incarnations of the Souths Magpies. From there he made state appearances for Queensland against New South Wales over four years and in 1919 was selected in the Australian team as hooker. He played in all four Tests of the 1919 rugby league tour of New Zealand. He is listed as Australia's 97th representative on the Australian Rugby League's Kangaroo register.

His international rugby league debut against New Zealand in Wellington on 23 August 1919 alongside Clarrie Prentice saw them become Australia's 20th and 21st dual code rugby internationals. It wasn't until 18 years later that Doug McLean, Jr. would become the next Australian dual representative.

He returned to Sydney for a final season with North Sydney in 1923 and was aged 37 when he finally hung up his boots at the end of that year.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} "Scrum.com player profile of Claud O'Donnell". Scrum.com. http://www.scrum.com/australia/rugby/player/2414.html. Retrieved 12 July 2010. 

Sources

• Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League, Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
• Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney

Persondata
Name	O'Donnell, Claud
Alternative names	O'Donnell, Claud Augustus
Short description	Australian rugby union player
Date of birth	30 January 1886
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales
Date of death	4 August 1953
Place of death	Sydney, New South Wales