yearastart death_date teama sources birth_date tries yearstart appearances pointsa death_place club goals fieldgoals points name fullname birth_place yearend retired appearancesa goalsa triesa article_title
1919 16 july 1981 new south wales whiticker/hudson 1891 13 6 1915 1920 59 60 0 undercliffe , new south wales glebe newtown 91 36 0 0 0 221 90 alex bolewski alexander bolewski ballina , new south wales 1919 1924 yes 1 0 0 alex bolewski

alex bolewski

alexander ` alex ' bolewski -lrb- 1891-1981 -rrb- was a pioneer australian rugby league player from the 1910s and 1920s .
born at ballina , new south wales in 1891 , alex -lrb- or alec -rrb- bolewski , grew up in glebe and played for the glebe dirty reds for four seasons between 1914-1919 , although he missed the 1917 and 1918 seasons due to active service in world war i .
he enlisted in the aif in 1916 , and joined the 1st light horse field ambulance , 27th reinforcements .
his unit was sent to europe in 1917 , and , while surviving the war , he did not return to australia until april 1919 , although he resumed his rugby league career soon afterward , playing 13 games that season .
he was the brother of fellow glebe player henry bolewski .
in 1920 he moved to newtown and he played five seasons there between 1920-1924 , often as captain .
bolewski represented the metropolis -lrb- sydney -rrb- team in 1915 , and represented new south wales on one occasion in 1919 .
one of the rugby leagues great characters and pioneers , alex bolewski died at undercliffe , new south wales on 16 july 1981 , aged 89 .
