Max Whitehead
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Max Whitehead was an Australian rugby league
player who was the first captain of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
. He also played for the North Sydney Bears
. He died on 26 March 2010 from complication
s of a hip operation
at age 87. While with for the North Sydney Bears
he played in their grand final loss to Newtown in the 1943 NSWRFL season.
Aside from his rugby league career, he had been at various times a model, a pilot, and a professional wrestler.
In the 40’s,50’s and 60’s Whitehead was widely known for being the first Chesty Bond character. He was also a professional lifeguard and a professional wrestler who went by the name of Max Steyne.
Whitehead's ashes were scattered on Brookvale Oval
before a match between Manly and the Cronulla Sharks
.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player who was the first captain of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia...
. He also played for the North Sydney Bears
North Sydney Bears
The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. They currently compete in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 92 years of top-grade competition. The Bears are based on...
. He died on 26 March 2010 from complication
Complication (medicine)
Complication, in medicine, is an unfavorable evolution of a disease, a health condition or a medical treatment. The disease can become worse in its severity or show a higher number of signs, symptoms or new pathological changes, become widespread throughout the body or affect other organ systems. A...
s of a hip operation
Surgery
Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
at age 87. While with for the North Sydney Bears
North Sydney Bears
The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. They currently compete in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 92 years of top-grade competition. The Bears are based on...
he played in their grand final loss to Newtown in the 1943 NSWRFL season.
Aside from his rugby league career, he had been at various times a model, a pilot, and a professional wrestler.
In the 40’s,50’s and 60’s Whitehead was widely known for being the first Chesty Bond character. He was also a professional lifeguard and a professional wrestler who went by the name of Max Steyne.
Whitehead's ashes were scattered on Brookvale Oval
Brookvale Oval
Brookvale Oval is a sporting ground located within Brookvale Park at Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia. The ground is owned by Warringah Council and is primarily used by the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles rugby league team...
before a match between Manly and the Cronulla Sharks
Cronulla Sharks
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales...
.