Claude Gordon Corbett was a highly respected Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n sporting journalist who wrote, and was the sporting editor for Sydney

Sydney

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's Sun newspaper in the early twentieth century. He also played first-grade rugby for St George

St. George Dragons

The St George Dragons was an Australian Rugby league football club in St George, Sydney, New South Wales that played in Australia's top-level Rugby league competition from New South Wales Rugby Football League in 1921 until 1998; in 1999 they formed a joint venture with the Illawarra Steelers,...

, Newtown

Newtown Jets

The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSWRL Premier League competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season...

 and Eastern Suburbs

Sydney Roosters

The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...

. As a journalist he was involved in the Bodyline

Bodyline

Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia, specifically to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's Don Bradman...

 controversy, and was responsible for reporting the story of Bill Woodfull

Bill Woodfull

William Maldon "Bill" Woodfull OBE was an Australian cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s. He captained both Victoria and Australia, and was best known for his dignified and moral conduct during the tumultuous bodyline series in 1932–33 that almost saw the end of Anglo-Australian cricketing ties...

's confrontation with Pelham Warner which was leaked during the third Test

Adelaide leak

The Adelaide leak was the revelation of a dressing-room incident which occurred during the third Test match of the 1932–33 Ashes series between Australia and England, more commonly known as the Bodyline series. During the course of play on 14 January 1933, the Australian Test captain Bill Woodfull...

. A memorial trophy awarded at Anglo-Australian Test matches held in Australia is named after him. His brother Harold

Harold Corbett

Harold William Corbett was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer and soldier who served in World War I and died on the Western Front.-Rugby:...

also played for Easts and later died on the Western Front during World War I.