1953 Rugby League Clive Churchill
DA's Australian Sports History · DA
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Clive Churchill was one of the greatest Rugby League players of all time.
He captained the South Sydney Rabbitoh's, NSW and the Australian Kangaroo's.
For South Sydney, he played in five premiership teams and coached another four flags.
He played in the famous test match of 1950, where Australia broke a drought of series losses against the Great Britain Lions dating back 28 years.
Amazingly ...... he stood just 170 cm tall.
But Clive Churchill is most famous for changing the way the game was played. He turned the role of the Full back from being purely defensive to initiating counter attacks by running with the ball.
Clive Churchill was fast, elusive, tactical ......... and tough.
Trust you enjoy his story.
That's stumps. Thank you ball boys, thank you Hawk Eye.