Clarrie Horder

Clarrie Horder

Personal information
Full name	Clarence Horder
Born	(1890-08-27)27 August 1890 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Centre, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1913–21 South Sydney 80 41 14 0 151 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1919 New South Wales 2 3 4 0 17 1922 Queensland 1 0 0 0 0
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Clarence 'Clarrie' Horder (1890–1960) was an Australian pioneer rugby league player who played in the 1910s and 1920s.

Background

Horder was born in

, to parents Charles and Ellen Horder on 27 August 1890.

Playing career

The older brother of South Sydney and North Sydney legend Harold Horder, Horder was also a handy rugby league player for South Sydney, playing eight seasons with them between 1913 and 1921. Known by the nickname of 'Spot', Horder also played representative rugby league for New South Wales in 1919 and for Queensland in 1922.

Horder scored 41 tries and 14 goals (total 151 points) for South Sydney during his career. In 1922 he became captain-coach of an Ipswich team before retiring from the game and returning to Sydney.^[2][3]

Death

Horder died on 6 June 1960 at St. George Hospital, aged 69. He was cremated at Woronora Crematorium, Sutherland.^[4]

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