He was born in Wanganui and attended Wanganui District High School. After 5 games for Wanganui in 1903 he moved to Auckland where he continued to play provincial representative rugby. He played in the forwards for the original All Blacks, appearing in 11 tests including the famous "Match of the Century" against Wales.
Seeling went on to make over 200 first grade appearances for the club over thirteen years, playing as captain for three of them. He scored 54 tries for Wigan and appeared in three consecutive championship finals. Noted British rugby writer, E. H. D. Sewell, wrote of Seeling: "Search where one may, a better forward than Seeling does not exist."
He spent the rest of his life in Britain, dying in 1956 at the age of 73 in a car accident.[4]
charlie, seeling, charles, seeling, redirects, here, american, filmmaker, charles, seeling, charles, edward, bronco, seeling, 1883, 1956, zealand, international, rugby, football, player, early, 20th, century, personal, informationfull, namecharles, edward, see. Charles Seeling redirects here For the American filmmaker see Charles R Seeling Charles Edward Bronco Seeling 14 May 1883 29 May 1956 was a New Zealand international rugby football player of the early 20th century Charlie SeelingPersonal informationFull nameCharles Edward SeelingBorn 1883 05 14 14 May 1883Wanganui New ZealandDied29 May 1956 1956 05 29 aged 73 Stalybridge EnglandPlaying informationHeight6 ft 0 in 183 cm Weight13 st 10 lb 87 kg Rugby unionPositionLoose forwardClubYears Team Pld T G FG P1904 09 CityRepresentativeYears Team Pld T G FG P1904 08 New Zealand 39 11 11 2 0 0 33 6 Rugby leaguePositionForwardClubYears Team Pld T G FG P1910 23 Wigan 245 88 0 0 264He was born in Wanganui and attended Wanganui District High School After 5 games for Wanganui in 1903 he moved to Auckland where he continued to play provincial representative rugby He played in the forwards for the original All Blacks appearing in 11 tests including the famous Match of the Century against Wales Seeling then traveled to Great Britain armed with a letter of introduction from a colleague 1 He signed with English rugby league club Wigan in 1910 2 During the 1912 13 season Seeling played as a front row forward and scored a try in Wigan s 21 5 victory over Rochdale Hornets in the 1912 Lancashire Cup Final at Weaste Salford on Wednesday 11 December 1912 3 Seeling went on to make over 200 first grade appearances for the club over thirteen years playing as captain for three of them He scored 54 tries for Wigan and appeared in three consecutive championship finals Noted British rugby writer E H D Sewell wrote of Seeling Search where one may a better forward than Seeling does not exist He spent the rest of his life in Britain dying in 1956 at the age of 73 in a car accident 4 In 1996 Seeling was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame as well as the international Rugby League Hall of Fame In 2001 he was inducted as one of the NZRL Legends of League 5 Seeling s son Charlie Seeling Jr also played rugby league playing at club level for Warrington becoming captain of Dewsbury and playing at representative level for Dominion XIII 6 A shared benefit match for Percy Coldrick Charlie Seeling and Frank Walford 1 took place in April 1925 References Edit Sean Fagan The Rugby Rebellion The Divide of League and Union RL1908 2005 ISBN 0975756303 p 316 Charlie Seeling permanent dead link at nzhalloffame co nz 1912 1913 Lancashire Cup Final wigan rlfans com 31 December 2011 Retrieved 1 January 2012 Charlie Seeling Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine at rugbymuseum co nz New Zealand Rugby League Annual Report 2008 PDF NZRL 2008 Archived from the original PDF on 12 September 2009 Retrieved 21 July 2009 Song and Charlie Seeling Archived 26 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine at rugbyleagueoralhistory hud ac ukExternal links EditBronco Seeling at AllBlacks com Bronco Seeling at ESPNscrum nbsp Charlie Seeling at the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame nbsp Charlie Seeling at wiganwarriors com at the Wayback Machine archived 18 December 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charlie Seeling amp oldid 1178189296, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
