15 Facts About Mick Madsen

Peter "Mick" Madsen was an Australian rugby league footballer.

Mick Madsen was a front-row forward for the Australian national team.

Mick Madsen played in nine Tests between 1929 and 1936 as captain on one occasion and has since been named as one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.

Mick Madsen was known as a player who possessed freak strength and courage.

Mick Madsen was a seasonal labourer in country Queensland when at age 20 he played in a game against the visiting Toowoomba Brothers club who signed him up.

Mick Madsen first represented for Queensland at age 27 and then consistently for the next 9 years making a then record of 34 appearances against New South Wales.

Mick Madsen played in the 2nd Test loss and 17 tour matches before a broken jaw rule him out of further appearances.

Mick Madsen played in all three Tests of the 1932 Ashes series in Australia.

Mick Madsen made his sole appearance as captain of the Kangaroos in the 2nd Test at Headingley in November 1933 following injury to tour captain Frank McMillan.

At thirty-four years of age Mick Madsen was recalled to the 1936 Australian side in the Third Test against England in Sydney.

Mick Madsen finished his career with 149 first class games and 12 tries.

In February 2008, Mick Madsen was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.

Mick Madsen was one of twenty players to be named in Warwick Rugby League's Team of the Century.

In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, Mick Madsen was named at front row forward in the Toowoomba and South West Team of the Century.

In 2008, Mick Madsen was inducted into the Nation Rugby League Hall of Fame as Inductee 26.