Jim McCue (1889-1971) 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 ...
footballer who played in the 1910s.
A
Newtown junior player, McCue was a second row forward in the early years of the
NSWRFL
The New South Wales Rugby League Ltd (NSWRL) is an Australian rugby league football competition operator in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission.It was registered on 21 ...
. He played nine seasons with
Newtown before retiring aged 30 in 1919. McCue was a younger brother of the legendary
Paddy McCue.
Death
McCue died on 13 December 1971, age 82.
[Sydney Morning Herals, death notice 14/12/1971]
References
1889 births
1971 deaths
Australian rugby league players
Newtown Jets players
Rugby league second-rows
Rugby league players from Marrickville, New South Wales
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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