Births on September 23

Cec Fifield

Born on September 23, 1903

Cec Fifield, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1957)

Cec "Dicky" Fifield (1903-1957) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s, and coached in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative centre, he played in the NSWRFL premiership for Sydney clubs, Western Suburbs, Balmain and Canterbury-Bankstown, as well as in England for Hull FC. Following his playing career, Fifield returned to the NSWRFL premiership as coach, first with Canterbury-Bankstown then with Parramatta.

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Events on 1903

11 Feb

Symphony No. 9 (Bruckner)
Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
23 Feb

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
1 Oct

Boston Americans
Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
13 Oct

Pittsburgh Pirates
The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
17 Dec

Wright Flyer
The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Births on September 23

Cec Fifield

Born on September 23, 1903

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Events on 1903

Symphony No. 9 (Bruckner)

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Boston Americans

Pittsburgh Pirates

Wright Flyer