Doug McGregor
Personal information
Full nameDugald McColl McGregor
Born(1890-06-21)21 June 1890
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died20 April 1948(1948-04-20) (aged 57)
Burwood, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Bundaberg
1909–1910 Fortitude Valley 12 2 1 0 8
1912–14 Glebe 37 2 7 0 20
Total 49 4 8 0 28
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1909–11 Queensland 14 1 0 0 3
1909–10 Australia 2 0 0 0 0
1912 New South Wales 4 0 7 0 14
1912 Metropolis 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Dugald "Doug" McGregor (1890-1948) was a pioneering rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s from Queensland. An Australia national representative fullback, he also played for both the Queensland and New South Wales teams.

Playing career

McGregor played in Brisbane for the Fortitude Valley club.[2] During the 1909 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia, when the Kiwis traveled to Brisbane for a Test match against Australia, McGregor was selected to play at fullback, becoming Kanagroo No. 46.[3] In doing so he also set the record for the youngest player for Australia at 19 years and 5 days.[4]

When the New Zealand Māori rugby league team toured that year, McGregor played at fullback against them for Queensland as well as Australia.[5]

The following year, during the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, when they travelled to Brisbane for a Test match against Australia, McGregor, who was playing for Bundaberg, was selected to represent his country.[6]

McGregor later moved south, joining Sydney club, Glebe for the 1912 NSWRFL season.[7] That year he was selected to play for New South Wales at fullback against Queensland, kicking three goals.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Doug McGregor - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ↑ "Queensland Representative Players". qrl.com.au. Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Australian Kangaroos Player Register" (PDF). 2013 Annual Report. NRL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  4. ↑ AAP (4 October 2007). "Hodges ruled out, Folau called up". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  5. ↑ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 Years: Māori Rugby League, 1908-2008. New Zealand: Huia Publishers. p. 49. ISBN 9781869693312.
  6. ↑ Ricketts, Steve (17 June 2010). "Racism row raises ghosts of days past in rugby league". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Dugald McGregor". yesterdayshero.com.au. SmartPack International. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Dugald McGregor". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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