Cec "Dicky" Fifield was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s, and coached in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
12 Facts About Cec Fifield
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Cecil Richard Henry Fifield was born to Sara Ann and George Fifield in Adelong, New South Wales, Australia on 23 September 1903.
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Cec Fifield played for West Wyalong as a teenager in Group 9.
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Cec Fifield played over 100 first grade games with the Magpies.
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Cec Fifield was selected to play for the New South Wales rugby league team in 1925 and 1929.
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On returning to Australia in 1930 Cec Fifield played for and captained Balmain, and in 1931 he returned to England to play football for Hull, Boulevard.
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Cec Fifield continued to play for Hull, playing 224 games and scoring 80 tries, gaining England Championship honours in 1936 and in 1937 he returned to Australia.
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Cec Fifield played one season with Canterbury-Bankstown in 1937 before returning to Western Suburbs as captain-coach for the 1938 NSWRFL season.
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Cec Fifield selected Tom Duffy, Wally Elliot, Cec "Babe" Kelly, Reg Stanford and Ron Stanford.
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Cec "Dick" Fifield died suddenly at his Earlwood home on 7 December 1957 at the age of 54.
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Jack and George Cec Fifield were his nephews born to Norman.
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Cec Fifield's Epitaph reads: "He was the most marked man on the field but the most respected off".