George Arthur Mackay (7 May 1906 – 7 May1981) was a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who represented Australia. He was born in Sydney, and attended

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(1919–1922). Mackay was a

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and claimed one international rugby cap for Australia in 1926.Waratahs Representatives: All–Time
Retrieved 21 December 2013. In later years he lived in

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and he died in Royal Canberra Hospital on his 75th birthday.

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