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Harry Kadwell

Harry Kadwell, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1999)

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Born
May 29, 1902
Died
October 27, 1999
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1902

About Harry Kadwell

Henry James Kadwell was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative fullback who later moved to the-halves, he played his club football for South Sydney with whom he won the 1927 and 1928 NSWRFL premierships, and later St. George whom he captain-coached to the 1933 grand final. A South Sydney junior from the Redfern United Club, Kadwell first played for the Rabbitohs in the first grade NSWRFL premiership in 1927. At the end of his first season he played at fullback in Souths' win over Western Suburbs in the grand final.

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Harry Kadwell timeline

  1. A South Sydney junior from the Redfern United Club, Kadwell first played for the Rabbitohs in the first grade NSWRFL premiership in 1927.
  2. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative fullback who later moved to the-halves, he played his club football for South Sydney with whom he won the 1927 and 1928 NSWRFL premierships, and later St. George whom he captain-coached to the 1933 grand final.

The world when Harry Kadwell was born

Harry Kadwell was born in 1902. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1902

  • Best-selling bookThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Rose Bowl game played in Pasadena, California
  • Top headlineEnd of Philippine-American War
  • Technology milestoneAir conditioning invented by Willis Carrier
  • Notable inventionAir conditioning
  • World population~1.62B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population79.0M

1902 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Harry Kadwell's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19022026
Population79.0M341 million

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