Melville Glasheen
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| Born | 26 September 1904 Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 September 1971 (aged 66) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melville Glasheen (26 September 1904 – 2 September 1971)[1] was an Australian rugby league footballer.[2]
Glasheen hailed from the Queensland town of Ravenswood and attended Townsville Grammar School.[3]
A hooker, Glasheen got his start with Townsville club Estates and came to the attention of Australian selectors through representative appearances for North Queensland. He was controversially overlooked for a place in the Kangaroos squad for their 1933–34 tour of Great Britain, before receiving a late call up as an injury replacement. This gave him the distinction of being the first North Queensland product to gain national representative honours.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Melville Glasheen". Rugby League Project.
- ↑ ""Mick" Glasheen Returns". The Townsville Daily Bulletin. 23 June 1933. p. 8 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Ravenswood Notes". The Townsville Daily Bulletin. 31 July 1933. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Rugby League". The Cairns Post. 29 June 1933. p. 8 – via National Library of Australia.