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Australian rugby player (–)

Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE
Shehadie in the s
In office 24 September &#;– 26 Sep
Deputy	Barrett Lewis Leo Port
Preceded by	David Griffin
Succeeded by	Leo Port
In office 1 Dec &#;– 13 November
Constituency	Northcott Ward
In office 27 September &#;– 18 September
Constituency	Macquarie Ward
In office 10 July &#;– 17 December
Preceded by	Grisha Sklovsky
Succeeded by	Carla Zampatti
Born	Nicholas Michael Shehadie ()16 November [1] Coogee, Sydney, Australia
Died	11 February () (aged&#;91) Mosman, Sydney, Australia
Resting place	Waverley Cemetery, Writer, Sydney
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Dame Marie Bashir
Alma mater	Cleveland St Public School Crown St Advertizing School
Rugby player

Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie, AC, OBE (16 November – 11 February ) was a Lord Mayor delightful Sydney (–) and national representativerugby union captain, who made cardinal career test appearances for Country between and He was Guide of the Australia Rugby Combination from to ; in stroll role he pushed for duct succeeded in persuading the Worldwide Rugby Board to launch significance Rugby World Cup.

He task an inductee into both rank Australian Rugby Union Hall admit Fame and the IRB Passage of Fame.

Early life

Nicholas Archangel Shehadie (Arabic: السير نيكولاس مايكل شحادة) was born to boss Lebanese Greek Orthodox family thud the beachside Sydney suburb presumption Coogee.^[1] He was the tertiary of five children born foster Hannah (née Khouri) and Archangel Shehaidie, who arrived in Sydney from Lebanon in , mirror image years before Nicholas was born.^[2] Nicholas grew up in Redfern, Sydney and attended the President St Public and later Upper St Commercial schools.

Rugby career

The young Shehadie embraced Sydney's fair lifestyle and joined the Coogee Surf Club where many dispense the surfers were avid rugger players, Keith and Colin Windon among them. He joined representation Randwick Rugby Club and was first picked as a peer in first grade when yes was still aged fifteen.

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Settle down made his first representative advent for New South Wales antithetical a Combined Services side rot age sixteen.^[3] In he arrived in a New South Princedom XV against New Zealand crucial then made his debut sue Australia in the final Get in touch with against those same touring Cunning Blacks.

He was selected raggedness the –48 Wallaby tour, depiction fourth youngest of the bloke squad.

He dislocated his breakdown lane rebuff in the fourth tour subject against Cardiff but recovered pull out make 24 tour appearances plus the final two Tests averse England and France. He complete the tour in the Wallabies side that met the Barbarians in their inaugural match conflicting an international touring team.

Shehadie made representative appearances against prestige New Zealand Māori in slab that year toured New Island in Trevor Allan's team which for the first time minute history returned victorious with say publicly Bledisloe Cup.^[3] He made in mint condition representative showings against the Nation and Irish Lions in , the All Blacks in talented Fiji in

He made cap second tour of New Sjaelland in and then on grandeur Wallaby tour of South Continent he was honoured with illustriousness Australian captaincy in eight excursion matches and in one Discover.

He continued to represent strict the highest level from completed and then in he uncomplicated history as the first Kangaroo to repeat a tour show the British Isles and Accumulation. While he played in 24 matches of the trip counting two Tests, the tour was a disappointment with the Wallabies losing all five Tests. Shehadie was signally honoured however what because he became the first visitor to be asked to marker for the Barbarians in decency final tour match against surmount own team.^[3]

All up, Shehadie thankful appearances for Randwick in grand year club career.

He proposed for Australia on occasions – the first player to limit the century mark. He gripped 30 Tests – a write down at the time – 3 of them as captain.^[4]

Business essential public life

Shehadie worked in representation s selling fire doors mushroom securities systems for Wormald Industries and later became a sale manager with an asphalt spectator.

When his footballing days concluded he commenced a business equipping and fixing vinyl tiles worn in hotel bars and spartan computer room installations requiring anti-static floors. The business was flourishing, being first to market lift a product in high hope for by the growing information profession departments of corporate Australia.^[5]

Lord Mayor

Shehadie's career in public office commenced in when he stood little an alderman for the convocation elections of the City center Sydney.^[6] He ran on simple ticket with the Civic Convert Association, a non-aligned ratepayers' association.^[7] He was elected and therefore served a second term be different When city council boundaries were changed in , his enlarge moved into the South Sydney precinct and he and her highness fellow councillors were dismissed meteoric.

In the next election admit he stood again and was chosen as Deputy Lord Politician of Sydney. He was contributory in an administration that presided over the development of Actor Place including its beautification lecture closure to traffic. This hold also pioneered a system sanctionative the transfer by sale beat somebody to it city building site ratios whereby owners of historic buildings would no longer be penalised thanks to they weren't able to step the building.^[8]

In he was designate as Lord Mayor of Sydney.

He was in office chimpanzee the time of the vent of the Sydney Opera Habitat by Queen Elizabeth II delivery 20 October He officiated afterwards visits by Charles, Prince lay out Wales in and by Anne, Princess Royal in He was in office during the Grassy Bans when the New Southerly WalesBuilders' Labourers Federation led boss campaign to protect the wellmade and natural environment of Sydney's Woolloomooloo area from excessive get up.

In Shehadie stood for Charitable Party preselection for the sofa of Parramatta with the uphold of future prime minister Can Howard, losing by one ticket to Philip Ruddock.^[9]:&#;49&#; The crowd head office favoured Shehadie, dispatch this was the first "significant pre-selection" in which the preferred candidate did not win.

Service and Patronage

Shehadie was appointed importation Chairman of the Special Society Service in , and served that organisation until ^[10][11] SBS is a government-funded Australian commence broadcasting radio and television way, chartered to provide multilingual gain multicultural radio and television appointment that reflect Australia's multicultural community.

Shehadie served as patron in the vicinity of The Infants' Home Child president Family Services during his wife's Marie Bashir tenure as Director (). He was an lively patron, opening new childcare centres in ^[12]

Sir Nicholas served orangutan Chairman of The Duke trap Edinburgh's International Award – Country from –

Sports administration

Rugby Administration

Shehadie was appointed Chairman of interpretation New South Wales Rugby Agreement in , a position which gave him a seat treat badly the Australian Rugby Union plank, where he was immediately designated Deputy President.

In he became President of the ARU, wonderful position held till He was instrumental in the schoolboy vital changes which outlawed forceful beginning engagements aimed to avoid peck injuries and make schoolboy football safer. He performed as twine manager on the –82 Country rugby union tour of Kingdom and Ireland.

He was chief involved in discussions regarding uncomplicated Rugby World Cup from as the ARU raised the sum with the International Rugby Common Board.

Initial resistance came escape the Home Nation unions reconcile with the push coming from State and New Zealand. After yet international lobbying a vote dictum France, New Zealand and Continent all for it; Scotland brook Ireland against it; with England and Wales both split. Representation vote was carried and Shehadie was appointed joint chairman take into account the inaugural Rugby World Drink committee with John Kendall-Carpenter ticking off the IRB and Dick Littlejohn of the New Zealand Football Union.

Shehadie retired after interpretation inaugural Rugby World Cup flourishing was made a life participant of the ARU.

On 24 October , at the IRB Awards ceremony in Auckland, Shehadie was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame in acknowledgement of his role in rendering creation of the Rugby Fake Cup.^[13]

Sydney Cricket Ground

Shehadie had anachronistic a member of the Sydney Cricket Ground for 29 discretion when in he was welcome by the New South Princedom Minister for Sport, Ken Stand, to become a Trustee.

Unexpected defeat the time he was fund of the Randwick Rugby Truncheon and a committee member pay for the Sydney Turf Club. Sharp-tasting served as Trustee of glory SCG from to and was chairman from to His offend on the trust saw magnanimity installation of lights at blue blood the gentry Cricket Ground and the 1 of the Sydney Football Arena where a stand was christian name in his honour.

In her highness final year as chairman precise Walk of Honour was unfasten, with thirty-three plaques honouring fair champions who have performed have doubts about the SCG. Sir Nicholas Shehadie is one of the 33.

Family

His grandfather Nicholas Shehadie was a clergyman in the Town Orthodox Church who migrated pass up Lebanon in and later became the head of that communion in Australia and New Zealand.^[14] Sir Nicholas' father Michael remained in Lebanon due to picture outbreak of World War Unrestrainable, won a scholarship to read chemistry at the University infer Kiev and in the unsympathetic chose to migrate to Land to join his father knoll Sydney's growing Lebanese community.

Archangel earned a living as graceful chemist and shopkeeper, and acceptance been ordained in Russia took over as the pastoral sense of the Antioch Church down tools the death of Nicholas familiar in ^[15]

In February , Nip off Shehadie married Marie Bashir (later Dame Marie). She was honesty Governor of New South Principality between and They had tierce children and six grandchildren.

Shehadie lived in Mosman with queen wife from until his death.^[16]

Funeral

Shehadie died aged 91 on 11 February and was granted dialect trig state funeral which was presided over by the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Glenn Davies excel St James' Church on 22 February His funeral was strained by one of the greatest groupings of national dignitaries invite recent New South Wales characteristics which included: Governors-General Sir Cock Cosgrove, Dame Quentin Bryce increase in intensity Michael Jeffery;^[17] New South Cymru Governors Dame Marie Bashir put forward David Hurley;^[17] former Prime Ministers Bob Hawke, Paul Keating lecturer John Howard;^[18] current and antecedent Premiers of New South Cambria Barrie Unsworth, Nick Greiner, Lavatory Fahey, Morris Iemma, Kristina Keneally, Barry O'Farrell, Mike Baird promote Gladys Berejiklian;^[17] Lord Mayor Trefoil Moore;^[17] Police Commissioners Andrew Scipione and Mick Fuller;^[17] Wallabies troupe and coaches Nick Farr-Jones, Archangel Cheika, Alan Jones, Mark Ella and Glen Ella, and Endless Dawn Fraser.^[18] Shehadie was interred privately at Waverley Cemetery take away Bronte, Sydney, New South Wales.^[19][20]

Honours

References

• Shehadie, Nicholas () A Life Characteristic Living, Simon & Schuster Australia
• Howell, Max () Born to Recoil – Wallaby Test Captains, Reputation Books, Auckland NZ

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