Arthur Clues

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playername = Arthur Clues
fullname = Arthur Clues


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Arthur Clues (1924–1998) was an Australian professional rugby league player for Wests, New South Wales, and Australia. He primarily played in the second-row. He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century. [ [http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/02/22/Controversy_reigns_as_NRL_releases_top_100_players Century's Top 100 Players] ]

Biography

Playing career

Clues played Rugby union for Parramatta at the age of seventeen before moving to rugby league and he was also a capable first-grade cricketer. He has the distinction of scoring a try and a century at both Headingley and the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Clues joined Wests in 1943 and quickly established himself as a constructive and creative second-rower. By 1946 he was representing at an international level for the Australians against the touring British Lions. He played in all three Tests. Lured by the offer of a lucrative contract with Leeds, Clues was the first Australian to join an English club after World War II. Clues played 238 first-class games for Leeds but a dispute with Leeds' management in 1954 ended his career at the club. Clues moved on to Hunslet where he played a further three seasons before retiring in 1957.

Unable to represent Australia while playing in England, Clues was selected to represent Other Nationalities on fourteen occasions between 1949 and 1955.

Clues did not return to Australia at the end of his playing career, instead he chose to stay in Leeds and open a sports store. He died in 1998.

Accolades

In September 2004 Clues was named in the second row of the Western Suburbs Magpies team of the century. In February 2008, he was named in the list of Australia's "100 Greatest Players" (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL tocelebrate the code's centenary year in Australia. [cite web|publisher="NRL & ARL"|title=Centenary of Rugby League - The Players
url=http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/the-players.aspx?cat=3&list=true|accessdate=2008-02-23|date=2008-02-23]

References

ources

* cite book | author=Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson |title=The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players |year=2007
publisher="Gary Allen Pty Ltd" |location=Wetherill Park, New South Wales |isbn=9781877082931 |pages=page 92
* cite book | author=Malcolm Andrews |title=ABC of Rugby League |year=1992
publisher="ABC Enterprises" |location=Sydney, New South Wales
isbn=0733301762 |pages=page 86

External links

* [http://www.hunslet.org.uk/019d8595350ad260d/019d8595350adc619/019d8595360973813/index.htm Arthur Clues at hunslet.org.uk]