Interesting collection of player details

[Max Turner]

This started as a look at interesting and potentially non-British surnames (although as it turns out, some are), but I got a little sidetracked and so there's some other stuff in there too.

- C De Valle should be Cliff Della Valle, full name Clifford Paul Della Valle. He was born 26 June 1909 in Liverpool, NSW and died on 5 December 1935. His surname was reported as 'De Valle' during his career.
- R Serio was Roy Serio, full name Roy Charles Francis Serio. He was born 12 August 1911 in Petersham, NSW, and died on 23 March 1984.
- Eugene Paillas' full name was Eugene Albert Paillas. He was born 8 March 1909 in Paddington, NSW, and died on 31 July 1961.
- Aldo Ferrari's full name was Aldo Tito Ferrari. He was born 13 August 1911 in Newcastle, NSW, and died on 9 August 1999.
- Favel Satterthwaite's full name was Favel Thomas Satterthwaite. He was born 28 July 1897 in Cobar, NSW, and died on 29 April 1974. His nickname was Charlie.
- Abraham Jonas was born 18 September 1890 in Sydney, NSW, and died on 8 January 1933. His nickname was Abe.
- Fritz Theiring should be Fritz Thiering. He was born 23 March 1891 in Balmain, NSW. The spelling 'Theiring' is also common.
- W Livio was William Livio, full name William Henry Livio. He was born 1897 in Sydney, NSW and died on 1 November 1977.
- Eric Doig's full name was Eric Roy Doig. He was born 11 January 1897 in Lithgow, NSW, and died on 27 June 1971. His nickname was Snug.
- E Burnicle was Edward Burnicle. He died on 18 February 1931. He was the grandfather of Peter Burnicle.
- Kevin Abrahamsen was born on 4 July 1927 in Moree, NSW, and died on 18 May 2009.
- C Abrahamson should be Christian Abrahamsen (sen not son). He was born 30 June 1905 in Esbjerg, Esbjerg, Denmark, and died on 30 December 1986. He was the father of Kevin Abrahamsen.
- Walter Slockie was born 11 February 1903 in Murwillumbah, NSW, and died on 1 December 1961.
- Lew Heuschkel should be Lou Heuschkel. His full name was Louis Carl Heuschkel. He was born 25 July 1901 in Balmain, NSW, and died on 5 July 1988.
- Bill Schultz's full name was William James Schultz. He was born in Balmain, NSW and died on 25 February 1975. He was the uncle of Frank Schultz.
- Roy Paillas' full name was Roy Edward Paillas. He was born 15 July 1907 in Sydney, NSW, and died on 9 September 1979. He was the brother of Eugene Paillas. For the Additional Notes for Roy: Paillas suffered a severe spinal injury during a pre-season match on 12 March 1932, which appears to have ended his career.
- Dudley Fitzpatrick was born 22 January 1909 in Rozelle, NSW, and died in 1995.
- Boris Stcherbina was born 18 August 1948 in Heidelberg, Germany. A bit a bio for him: Stcherbina was born in Heidelberg, Germany to Russian-born parents. His family were stateless refugees who came to Australia in 1950 using Nansen passports. They settled in St Marys. Stcherbina, who was a junior sprint champion, played a handful of first-grade games for Penrith in 1968. His son is Australian rugby union and rugby sevens player Marc Stcherbina.
- V Olivera should be Vince Oliveira. His full name was Vincent Lisbon Elderfield Oliveira. He was born 1 July 1901 in Maclean, NSW, and died on 10 June 1984. The spelling 'Olivera' is also common.
- G Olivera should be George Oliveira. His full name was George Edward Thomas Oliveira. He was born 1908 in Maclean, NSW, and died on 4 September 1988. The spelling 'Olivera' is also common. George and Vince were brothers.
- Erwin Noffz's full name was Erwin John Noffz. He was born 14 September 1926 in North Sydney, NSW, and died on 8 March 2010.
- T Curr-Parkes was Terry Curr-Parkes. His full name was Terence Curr-Parkes. He was born 15 April 1924 in Queenscliff, Victoria, and died on 13 March 2014.
- Cedric De Belle's full name was Cedric James De Belle. He was born on 18 October 1927 and died on 1 August 2001.
- K Oehlers was Keith Oehlers. His full name was Keith Pierre Oehlers. He was born 19 July 1925 in Guyra, NSW, and died on 16 May 1990.
- Jack Niddrie was born on 6 July 1923 in North Sydney, NSW, and died on 28 April 1978.
- Percy Gauci was born in Egypt.
- Frank Fisher was born 1905 in Townsville, Qld, and died on 13 January 1980. His nickname was Bigshot.
- Jack Fihelly's full name was John Arthur Fihelly. His DOB should be 7 November 1882.
- Steve Darmody's death should be 22 July 1969.
- Ooder Olsen should be Ooler Olsen. Ooler was a nickname, his full name was actually Ole Olsen. He was born 5 October 1884, and died on 16 June 1932.
- Peter Olsen's full name was Peter Thomas Olsen. He was born 28 February 1890, and died on 30 October 1970.
- W Loscocco and V Lascoco is the same person, who should be Vincent Loscocco. His full name was Vincent Bennett Loscocco. He was born 7 January 1897 in Newcastle, NSW, and died on 6 April 1977. He was the uncle of Aldo Ferrari.
- R Ide was Roy Ide. He was born 1 August 1899 in Stanmore, NSW, and died on 26 December 1974. Bio: Norths halfback, who played largely during Duncan Thompson's absence from the club, Ide was perhaps the first person of East Asian ancestry to play first-grade rugby league (his father was from Saga, Japan). He was the older brother of Wallabies representative Winston Ide.
- Billy Hong's full name was William Roy Hong. He was born 23 May 1904 in Leadville (near Dunedoo), NSW, and died on 15 October 1983. A brief note: Of Chinese descent from both of his grandfathers, Hong later changed his surname to Horne.
- Paul Tranquille's full name was Paul Edward Tranquille. He died on 17 December 1965.
- Alan Stolzenheim's full name was Alan Wallace Stolzenheim.
- G Jolly (Annandale) was George Jolly. He was born 4 August 1893 in Newtown, NSW, died on 4 September 1960.
- B Soppa was Barney Soppa, full name Burnett Soppa. He was born 31 March 1905 and died on 26 December 1959.
- P Iszlaub was Percy Iszlaub. His full name was Percy Harold Iszlaub Jnr. He was born 3 February 1926 and died on 6 February 2018.
- Norman Meninga's full name was Norman Edward John Meninga. He died on 10 June 1982.
- ? Stolberg who played for Wide Bay was Norm Stolberg, full name Norman James Stolberg. He was born 2 January 1910 in Gympie, Qld, and died on 22 January 1979. Norm was the coach of the Western Australia team who played Great Britain on 14 May 1950.
- Charles Hurlstone was born 7 April 1892 and died on 22 August 1962.
- I would recommend deleting all the info from the Additional Notes section for Charles Hurlstone. Charles appears to have had a darker-than-pale complexion, but this speculation about his ethnicity is conjecture. He was of English and Irish descent. The last thing rugby league needs is more historical players being misidentified as Aboriginal.
- Dan Davies (Glebe and Newcastle) died on 27 October 1948.
- Manfred Moore died on 11 January 2020.

[Max Turner]

- Ken Gittens should be Gittins. He was born in Wewak, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. His full name was Kenneth Gittins. The spelling 'Gittens' is also common.

[Max Turner]

Two diverse Victorian players from the 1920s:

- H Yoffa was Harry Yoffa, born 16 March 1902 in Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel, died 2 December 1993. Full name was Henry Herbert Yoffa. Birthplace was part of the Ottoman Empire at the time of his birth.
- ? Karagushian should be Nazareth Karagheusian (note spelling correction), born 22 January 1898 in Paris, France, died 21 February 1968. Full name was Vahram Nazareth Tacvor Karagheusian. He was of Armenian descent.

[AndrewRLP]

Amazing finds Max. I just updated these.