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Full name | Frederick Charles Clamback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia | 2 February 1901|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 September 1978 Toukley, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 77)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Clamback (1901-1978) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, was a referee in the 1930s and was later a club administrator.
Frederick Charles Clamback, known as 'George' Clamback was a Newtown junior who was graded in 1917 and debut in 1918. He went on to play 6 years at Newtown and also played two seasons with the Eastern Suburbs club.[2][3]
He later became a first grade referee in the NSWRFL in the late 1920s-1930s [4] before taking on the job of Secretary of the Newtown. He was President of the Newtown in 1939, and the club delegate to the NSWRFL for many years.[5]
Clamback died in Toukley, New South Wales on 23 September 1978 aged 77.[6]