Tim Pickup

Tim Pickup

Timothy Alexander Pickup (born 6 October 1948 in Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian Rugby League player for the North Sydney Bears, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and Australian national side in the 1970s. He played Rugby Union for the Manly Rugby Club as a teenage prodigy for 3 seasons in the late 1960s. In retirement Pickup was involved in Boxing at famed 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 Order of Australia Medal (OAM) 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.