{{Short description|Australian rugby league player}} {{Infobox rugby league biography | name = Harold Heidke | image = | fullname = August Heinrich Heidke | birth_date = {{birth date|1887|10|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|1936|12|16|1887|10|26|df=yes}} | death_place = | position = Halfback |teamA = Queensland |yearAstart = 1909 |yearAend = 12 |appearancesA = 12 |triesA = 1 |goalsA = 1 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 5 |teamB = Australia |yearBstart = 1909 |yearBend = |appearancesB = 1 |triesB = 0 |goalsB = 0 |fieldgoalsB = 0 |pointsB = 0 }} '''August Heinrich Heidke''' (26 October 1887 – 16 December 1936) was an Australian rugby league player.
Heidke came from Bundaberg and was a younger brother of international three quarter Bill Heidke.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131162459 |title=The Family Influence In Queensland rugby |newspaper=The Referee |date=23 July 1930 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
A halfback, Heidke represented Australia in the second of four home internationals against a New Zealand Māori team at Brisbane in 1909. He also played an unofficial match for Australia on New Zealand's 1912 visit to the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Brisbane Rugby League: The clubs |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/2020/08/22/history-of-brisbane-rugby-league-the-clubs/ |website=The Roar |date=21 August 2020}}</ref> Some of his 12 interstate fixtures for Queensland were as a five–eighth.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201748117 |title=Football. |newspaper=Truth |date=19 May 1912 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==See also== *List of Australia national rugby league team players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/harold-heidke/summary.html Harold Heidke] at Rugby League Project
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