About Tom McGrath
Lived 1898 – 1976 (aged 77–78). Tom McGrath was an Australian rugby league player.
Thomas McGrath (1898–1976) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s.
Playing career McGrath had a long career at the Glebe Dirty Reds. Known by the nickname of 'Chaff', he played eight seasons in first grade for Glebe: 1917 and 1921–1927. He played in lock-forward in the 1922 Final Glebe team that were defeated 35–3 by North Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Death A resident of Glebe, New South Wales his entire life, McGrath died on 11 January 1976, aged 77.
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Who was Tom McGrath?
Australian rugby league player
When was Tom McGrath born?
Tom McGrath was born in 1898 in Glebe.
When did Tom McGrath die?
Tom McGrath died in 1976.
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Tom McGrath was a rugby league player.
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Tom McGrath was Australian.
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