Gordon Hooker
Gordon Hooker (29 May 1887 – 6 December 1967) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand in 1909.
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| Born | 29 May 1887 New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 December 1967 (aged 80) New Plymouth, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Hooker represented Taranaki in 1908 and was selected to tour Australia for New Zealand in 1909, where he played in two Test matches.[1]
He represented Queensland against the 1910 Great Britain Lions before returning to New Zealand and playing for Taranaki against the 1914 Lions. He played until he was 36.[2]
In the 1930s Hooker helped re-establish rugby league in Taranaki.[2] He died in 1967 and his ashes were buried at Te Henui Cemetery.[3]
Legacy
In 2008 he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.[4]
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References
- HOOKER, Gordon - 1909 Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- John Coffey and Bernie Wood, The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League, Hodder Moa, Auckland, 2007, p. 37.
- "Cemetery search". New Plymouth District Council. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- "Dream team of century is named". Taranaki Daily News. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
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