Code | DS/UK/4339 |
Dates | 1926-2018 |
Person Name | Shehadie; Sir; Nicholas Michael (1926-2018); Australian rugby union player, businessman and politician |
Surname | Shehadie |
Forenames | Nicholas Michael |
PreTitle | Sir |
Epithet | Australian rugby union player, businessman and politician |
Activity | Prop, 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. |
Relationships | Married, 1957, Marie Bashir, the Governor of New South Wales, 2001-2014. Children Michael Shehadie, Susan Shehadie and Alexandra Shehadie. |
Dates and Places | Born 15 November 1926, Coogee, NSW, Australia, died 11 February 2018, Sydney, NSW, aged 91, buried: Waverley Cemetery. |
RefNo | Title |
BML/2/2/36 | Big sheet and bundle, Glasgow versus Australia, Murrayfield, 12 December 1981 |
BML/2/2/38 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus Australia, Murrayfield, 19 December 1981 |
BML/2/2/2 | Big sheet and bundle, Glasgow & Edinburgh versus Australia, Old Anniesland, Glasgow, 4 December 1957 |
BML/2/2/5 | Big sheet and bundle, North of Scotland versus Australia, King George V Playing Field, Aberdeen, 11 February 1958 |
BML/2/2/3 | Big sheet and bundle, Australia versus South of Scotland, Mansfield Park, Hawick, 7 December 1957 |
BML/2/2/39 | Big sheet and bundle, England versus Australia, Twickenham, 2 January 1982 |
BML/2/2/34 | Big sheet and bundle, Ireland versus Australia, Lansdowne Road, 21 November 1981 |
BML/2/2/4 | Big sheet and bundle, Ireland versus Australia, Lansdowne Road, 18 January 1958 |
BML/2/2/40 | Big sheet and bundle, Barbarian F.C. versus Australia, Cardiff Arms Park, 9 January 1982 |
BML/2/2/35 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Australia, Cardiff Arms Park, 5 December 1981 |