Cecil Blinkhorn

Cec Blinkhorn

Blinkhorn in 1925
Personal information
Full name	Cyril Rhodes Blinkhorn
Nickname	Cec
Born	1892 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia
Died	1977 (aged 84–85) Blacktown, New South Wales
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1914–18 North Sydney 51 34 5 0 112 1919 South Sydney 6 1 0 0 3 1920–23 North Sydney 42 45 0 0 135 1924 South Sydney 9 6 0 0 18 Total 108 86 5 0 268 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1921–24 New South Wales 4 1 0 0 3 1921–24 Australia 4 3 0 0 9
Source: Rugby league Project and Yesterday's Hero

Cyril "Cec" Blinkhorn (1892–8 April 1977) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1910s and 1920s. He played in the NSWRFL premiership for the North Sydney and South Sydney clubs, and also represented New South Wales and Australia. He primarily played on the wing and has been named amongst the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.

Although born in Redfern, New South Wales, the middle of Souths territory, Blinkhorn grew up a Norths supporter after moving to Chatswood. He was graded to Norths in 1914 and for five years he was the team's leading try-scorer. Blinkhorn spent the 1919 season at Souths, where he met fellow winger, Harold Horder. In 1920, Horder and Blinkhorn moved to Norths, where they remained until 1923. Both wingers returned to Souths in 1924.

Blinkhorn was a member of the premiership winning Norths teams of 1921, where the team went through undefeated, and 1922 when Norths met Glebe in the Grand final. Blinkhorn scored two tries.

Blinkhorn was first selected to play for Australia in 1921. On that 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain, he scored a record 39 tries in 29 matches and played in three Tests. This record still stands as the most tries scored on a Kangaroo tour and will most likely never be beaten. He played one further Test against England in 1924. Cec Blinkhorn is Kangaroo No. 116.