Sid Pearce

Sandy Pearce

Pearce in 1910
Personal information
Full name	Sidney Charles Pearce
Nickname	Sandy
Born	30 May 1883 Double Bay, Australia
Died	14 November 1930 Double Bay, Australia
Playing information
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Position	Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1908–21 Eastern Suburbs 156 9 0 0 27 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1910–20 New South Wales 6 1 0 0 3 1908–22 Australia 14 0 0 0 0
As of 1 August 2009 Source: Yesterday's Hero

Sidney Charles Pearce (born 30 May 1883 and died 14 November 1930 Double Bay, New South Wales), better known as Sandy, was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer and boxer. He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century. In 1907 he played for New South Wales in the very first rugby match run by the newly created 'New South Wales Rugby Football League' which had just split away from the established New South Wales Rugby Football Union. He made his first national representative appearance in 1908.

A hooker, Pearce played his whole career of 157 matches for the Eastern Suburbs club between 1908 and 1921. Pearce was a member of the Eastern Suburbs side that won three consecutive premierships from 1911–13. He was also a member of the three Easts City Cup winning sides from 1914 to 1916. He was the first Eastern Suburbs player to register 100 matches with the club and the first in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership to play in 150 matches.

Sandy Pearce was a member of the side that played against the New Zealand ‘All Golds' in 1908 helping to establish the code in Australia. He went on the inaugural Kangaroo tour of England in 1908–09 where he was one of only five players from the thirty-five strong touring party to play in all three Test matches. He also played in 30 other minor matches on that tour, he also represented Australasia.