Ernest Button
Ernest Linton Button[2] (birth unknown – death unknown) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) for New Zealand.[1]
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| Full name | Ernest Linton Button | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Originally a rugby union player, Button represented Canterbury.[3]
Button switched codes and played for City in the Canterbury Rugby League in 1914.[3] During that season he represented Canterbury and was selected to play for New Zealand in a Test match against the Great Britain Lions. Button later joined Linwood.[3]
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References
- "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- BUTTON, Ernest Linton 1914 – Kiwi #106 Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
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