Arthur John Michael McCabe, known as Mackker, was an Australian rugby player born on 23 June 1887 who played both rugby union and rugby league. A fly-half, he was a member of the Australian rugby union team that won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, scoring two tries in the gold medal match, which was his only appearance for the Wallabies. After the tour he moved to the new professional code and played five seasons for South Sydney, finishing with a premiership win in 1914, and he represented New South Wales in 1910, when he was the league's top try scorer. The press nicknamed him the Will-o'-the-Wisp. He died of a heart attack in Redfern in 1924, aged 37.
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was an Australian rugby union and pioneer professional rugby league footballer
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23 June 1887
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He represented for Australian in rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
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Mackker McCabe was a member of the Australian rugby union team, which won the gold medal
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finishing his career with a premiership win in 1914
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was an Australian rugby union and pioneer professional rugby league footballer
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He played for five seasons with the South Sydney Rabbitohs
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