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CodeDS/UK/4339
Dates1926-2018
Person NameShehadie; Sir; Nicholas Michael (1926-2018); Australian rugby union player, businessman and politician
SurnameShehadie
ForenamesNicholas Michael
PreTitleSir
EpithetAustralian rugby union player, businessman and politician
ActivityProp, played for Randwick D.R.U.F.C., New South Wales, Barbarian F.C. and Australia (1947-1958, 30 caps, 9 points - but 114 games including non-test). His room-mates on tour were Eric Tweedale (1921-) and Arthur Buchan (1924-). Shehadie suffered from the sometimes uncontrollable 'Wallaby' Bob McMaster of World Championship Wrestling fame on the long ship voyage to England. McMaster would come into their cabin "after a drink or two, and promptly put a hefty headlock on me, calling me 'Midnight', and I would end up being thrown against the wall". [Robert Esmond 'Wallaby Bob' McMaster (1921-2003), Australian rugby union and professional rugby league footballer and wrestler]. He appears on the Mosman (Sydney) Sporting Wall of Fame.
RelationshipsMarried, 1957, Marie Bashir, the Governor of New South Wales, 2001-2014. Children Michael Shehadie, Susan Shehadie and Alexandra Shehadie.
Dates and PlacesBorn 15 November 1926, Coogee, NSW, Australia, died 11 February 2018, Sydney, NSW, aged 91, buried: Waverley Cemetery.
Archive Catalogue
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BML/2/2/36Big sheet and bundle, Glasgow versus Australia, Murrayfield, 12 December 1981
BML/2/2/38Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus Australia, Murrayfield, 19 December 1981
BML/2/2/2Big sheet and bundle, Glasgow & Edinburgh versus Australia, Old Anniesland, Glasgow, 4 December 1957
BML/2/2/5Big sheet and bundle, North of Scotland versus Australia, King George V Playing Field, Aberdeen, 11 February 1958
BML/2/2/3Big sheet and bundle, Australia versus South of Scotland, Mansfield Park, Hawick, 7 December 1957
BML/2/2/39Big sheet and bundle, England versus Australia, Twickenham, 2 January 1982
BML/2/2/34Big sheet and bundle, Ireland versus Australia, Lansdowne Road, 21 November 1981
BML/2/2/4Big sheet and bundle, Ireland versus Australia, Lansdowne Road, 18 January 1958
BML/2/2/40Big sheet and bundle, Barbarian F.C. versus Australia, Cardiff Arms Park, 9 January 1982
BML/2/2/35Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Australia, Cardiff Arms Park, 5 December 1981
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