Tim Pickup

Tim Pickup
Personal information
Born(1948-10-06)6 October 1948
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died7 June 2021(2021-06-07) (aged 72)
Playing information
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight71 kg (11 st 3 lb)
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1966–68 Manly RUFC
Rugby league
PositionFive-eighth, Halfback, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1969 St Helens 0 0 0 0 0
1970–72 Blackpool Borough 46 13 0 0 39
1972–74 North Sydney Bears 52 10 2 0 34
1975–79 Canterbury-Bankstown 47 3 0 0 9
Total 145 26 2 0 82
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1972–75 New South Wales 6 0 0 0 0
1972–75 Australia 11 1 0 0 3
1973–75 City NSW 3 0 0 0 0
Source:
EducationChristian Brothers' High School, Lewisham
RelativesLaurie Pickup (uncle)

Timothy Alexander Pickup (6 October 1948 – 7 June 2021) was an Australian Rugby League footballer for the North Sydney Bears, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and Australian national side in the 1970s, playing his First Test for Australia in 1972, only 12 games after his NSWRL First Grade debut.

In retirement Pickup was involved in boxing at Newtown PCYC and was Jeff Harding's manager when he won the WBC World Light-Heavyweight title in 1989. He was the foundation CEO of the Adelaide Rams franchise of the Australian Super League in 1995. In 2000 he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for services to Australian sport. Pickup was named in the North Sydney Bears Team of the Century in 2006 and was a finalist for both the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 70th Anniversary team as well as Manly Rugby Union's Team of the Century.

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