Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Colin Maxwell Whitehead
- Born
- Wednesday, 2nd August, 1922
- Died
- Friday, 26th March, 2010 (Aged 87 years and 236 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Riverstone, New South Wales, Australia
Playing Career Statistics
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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NRL | 33 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 27.27% | List | ||||
City Cup | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW City III | 1947 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW City Seconds | 1948 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1947-1948 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
North Sydney | NSWRFL 1942 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
North Sydney | NSWRFL 1943 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 33.33% | List | |||
North Sydney | NSWRFL 1946 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1947 | 15 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 26.67% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1948 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
North Sydney | 1942-43, 1946 | 13 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 30.77% | List | |||
Manly | 1947-48 | 20 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1942-1948 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 27.27% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
11/01/2017
Colin Maxwell Whitehead grew up in Park Street, Narrabeen, New South Wales. He was the first captain of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in their debut season of 1947 and also played the 1948 season. He was one of a number of players that Manly acquired from North Sydney to join the NSWRFL in 1947 which also included Johnny Bliss. He played 20 first grade games for Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and scored 4 tries during his 2 years in first grade.
He started playing rugby league in 1935 for the Narrabeen Sharks juniors. He also played for the North Sydney Bears for three seasons, 1942-1943 and 1946. While with for the North Sydney Bears he played in their grand final loss to Newtown in the 1943 NSWRFL season, playing under captain-coach Frank Hyde.
21/03/2022
I have a plaque with the Bears logo and engraved plaque "MAX WHITEHEAD"
"1943 GRAND FINALIST" plus framed Jersey "1999 North Sydney " Bears signed by all players which was the last year they played
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