Percy McNamara
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| Full name | Percy Vernon John McNamara | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1870 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1940 (aged 69–70) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: As of 14 February 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Percy Vernon John McNamara (1870–1940) was a pioneer rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. He was also a noted rugby union player, initially with Randwick DRUFC, and later with the 'Pirates', who won state wide fame, and also represented New South Wales against New Zealand (in 1897) and Victoria before switching codes. He played with the Eastern Suburbs club in the codes inaugural season - 1908, as a 38-year-old.