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'''Clarence Wilford 'Clarrie' Fahy''' (1898-1963) was an Australian rugby league administrator in the pioneer days of the [[St. George Dragons|St. George]] District Rugby league Football Club and later with the [[NSWRFL]].
==Administrative career and War service==
Clarrie Fahy was born in [[Sydney, New South Wales]] on 23 March 1898 and he went of the become [[St. George Dragons|St. George]]'s '''third''' Hon. Secretary, a hard and effective worker, that held a great feeling for the club. His involvement in Australian rugby league pre-dated [[St. George Dragons|St. George]]. He played with the [[Banksia, New South Wales|Banksia]] Waratahs before World War One, he then served in the great War <ref>AIF Project C.Fahy https://ift.tt/301auTK linked with Saints in 1922. Fahey became the Third Grade Secretary in 1926, then took over from [[Reg Fusedale]] as Club Secretary in 1938 <ref>The St.George Call (Kogarah) Photo of Clarrie Fahy, the new district Secretary 4/3/1938 https://ift.tt/2Z6y5oO>. He stayed as Club Secretary until 1944 then he was elected a Vice-president of the [[NSWRFL]] in the same year during his service in World War Two. He went on to become a member of the [[ARL]] Board Of Control, and was later named co-manager of the 1956 [[Australian national rugby league team|Kangaroo]] touring team for England and France. <ref> The March of the Dragons by Ian Heads (1989) (page 41) ISBN 0949853208 </ref>
==Accolades==
Clarrie Fahy was awarded Life membership of the [[St. George Dragons]] in 1952. <ref>https://ift.tt/3051ug6>
==Death==
His death in April 1963 was widely mourned. "Clarrie Fahy will be long remembered for his fair thinking on all football matters," said then [[NSWRFL]] President [[Bill Buckley (rugby league)|Bill Buckley]] in a ringing tribute. <ref>Ian Heads</ref> Clarrie Fahy passed away at [[Rockdale, New South Wales]] on 17 April 1963. <ref>Sydney Morning Herald (Death Notice) 18/4/1963</ref>
==References==
[[Category:Australian rugby league administrators]]
[[Category:Australian rugby league players]]
[[Category:1898 births]]
[[Category:1963 deaths]]
[[Category:Australian military personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Australian military personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Rugby league players from Sydney]]
==Administrative career and War service==
Clarrie Fahy was born in [[Sydney, New South Wales]] on 23 March 1898 and he went of the become [[St. George Dragons|St. George]]'s '''third''' Hon. Secretary, a hard and effective worker, that held a great feeling for the club. His involvement in Australian rugby league pre-dated [[St. George Dragons|St. George]]. He played with the [[Banksia, New South Wales|Banksia]] Waratahs before World War One, he then served in the great War <ref>AIF Project C.Fahy https://ift.tt/301auTK linked with Saints in 1922. Fahey became the Third Grade Secretary in 1926, then took over from [[Reg Fusedale]] as Club Secretary in 1938 <ref>The St.George Call (Kogarah) Photo of Clarrie Fahy, the new district Secretary 4/3/1938 https://ift.tt/2Z6y5oO>. He stayed as Club Secretary until 1944 then he was elected a Vice-president of the [[NSWRFL]] in the same year during his service in World War Two. He went on to become a member of the [[ARL]] Board Of Control, and was later named co-manager of the 1956 [[Australian national rugby league team|Kangaroo]] touring team for England and France. <ref> The March of the Dragons by Ian Heads (1989) (page 41) ISBN 0949853208 </ref>
==Accolades==
Clarrie Fahy was awarded Life membership of the [[St. George Dragons]] in 1952. <ref>https://ift.tt/3051ug6>
==Death==
His death in April 1963 was widely mourned. "Clarrie Fahy will be long remembered for his fair thinking on all football matters," said then [[NSWRFL]] President [[Bill Buckley (rugby league)|Bill Buckley]] in a ringing tribute. <ref>Ian Heads</ref> Clarrie Fahy passed away at [[Rockdale, New South Wales]] on 17 April 1963. <ref>Sydney Morning Herald (Death Notice) 18/4/1963</ref>
==References==
[[Category:Australian rugby league administrators]]
[[Category:Australian rugby league players]]
[[Category:1898 births]]
[[Category:1963 deaths]]
[[Category:Australian military personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Australian military personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Rugby league players from Sydney]]
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