Sandy Pearce, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sandy Pearce

Australian rugby league player

Date of Birth: 30-May-1883

Place of Birth: Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 14-Nov-1930

Profession: rugby league player

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Sid Pearce directs here, for his son, the rugby league footballer of the same name, see Joe PearceSidney Charles Pearce (born 30 May 1883 and died 14 November 1930 Double Bay, New South Wales), better known as Sandy, was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer and boxer.
He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.
In 1907 he played for New South Wales in the very first rugby match run by the newly created 'New South Wales Rugby Football League' which had just split away from the established New South Wales Rugby Football Union.
He made his first national representative appearance in 1908.