Ted 'Leather' McFadden (1880-1949) was an Australian professional
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played in the
New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership
The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia and contributor to today's National Rugby League. Run by the New South Wales Rugby League (initially named the New Sout ...
. He was a foundation player of the
Balmain club.
Playing career
Originally from
Orange, New South Wales
Orange is a city in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. It is west of the state capital, Sydney on a great circle at an altitude of . Orange had an estimated urban population of 40,493 Estimated resident population, 3 ...
, McFadden made his first grade debut for Balmain against
Western Suburbs on 20 April 1908 at
Birchgrove Oval, which was the club's first ever game and also the opening week of the inaugural NSWRL competition. Balmain went on to win the match 24–0 in front of 3000 spectators.
McFadden played with the club until the end of the 1910 season before retiring.
McFadden died on 29 Jun 1949 at Balmain Hospital.
[Sydney Morning Herald, Death Notice: 30/6/1949]
References
External links
* ''The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League Players''; Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson
* ''History Of The New South Wales Rugby League''; Steve Haddan
1880 births
1949 deaths
Australian rugby league players
Balmain Tigers players
Rugby league hookers
Rugby league second-rows
Rugby league players from Orange, New South Wales
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