# Nicholas Shehadie

> Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie was a Lord Mayor of Sydney (1973-1975) and national representative rugby union captain, who made thirty career test appearances for Australia between 1947 and 1958. He was president of the Australia Rugby Union from 1980 to 1987; in that role he pushed for and succeeded in persuading the International Rugby Board to launch the Rugby World Cup. He is an inductee into both the Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame and the IRB Hall of Fame.

*Australia international rugby union player & politician (1926-2018)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** Australia
- **Born:** 1926-11-15
- **Died:** 2018-02-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie was a Lord Mayor of Sydney (1973-1975) and national representative rugby union captain, who made thirty career test appearances for Australia between 1947 and 1958. He was president of the Australia Rugby Union from 1980 to 1987; in that role he pushed for and succeeded in persuading the International Rugby Board to launch the Rugby World Cup. He is an inductee into both the Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame and the IRB Hall of Fame.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 44.2
- **Momentum:** 7.6

## Timeline
- **2018** - Died
- **2011** - World Rugby Hall of Fame
- **2001** - Centenary Medal
- **2000** - Australian Sports Medal
- **1990** - Companion of the Order of Australia
- **1976** - Knight Bachelor
- **1971** - Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- **1947** - Australia national rugby union team
- **1926** - Born

## Sources
- [Nicholas Shehadie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Shehadie)
- [Nicholas Shehadie](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Shehadie)
- [نيكولاس شحادة](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B4%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9)
- [Nicholas Shehadie](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Shehadie)
- [Nicholas Shehadie](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Shehadie)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3339675)

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