Clarence Frederick "Clarrie" Tye (1892–1936) was an Australian

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

player who played in the 1910s and 1920s while representing New South Wales.

Background

Tye was born in

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to parents Stephen and Georgina Tye on 12 December, 1892.

Playing career

Initially, Tye played rugby league for the Western Suburbs club for five seasons between 1914–1916 and 1919-1920. He was known as an enterprising forward who represented

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in 1919 and 1921. Tye is remembered as a foundation member in the first

St. George DRLFC The St. George Dragons are an Australian rugby league, rugby league football club from the St George, Sydney, St George District in Sydney, New South Wales that played in the top level New South Wales Rugby League, New South Wales competition ...

team in their foundation year of

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. Tye remained at St George for seven seasons between 1921 and 1927 before retiring from the game.

Death

Tye died suddenly at his

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home on 27 November 1936, age 43. His funeral was widely attended by many members of the St George District Rugby League Football Club and the Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club. His funeral was held at Woronora Crematorium,

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.''Sydney Morning Herald'' - Death and Funeral Notice 30/11/1936 (page 9) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17270003?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FS%2Ftitle%2F35%2F1936%2F11%2F30%2Fpage%2F1139508%2Farticle%2F17270003

References

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