Gordon Hooker
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Born | (1887-05-29)29 May 1887 New Plymouth, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 December 1967(1967-12-06) (aged 80) New Plymouth, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gordon Hooker (29 May 1887 – 6 December 1967) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand in 1909.
Playing career
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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] He refereed the August 5, 1933 match between Auckland and Taranaki at Western Park.[3]
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.[4]
Legacy
In 2008 he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.[5]
References
- ^ HOOKER, Gordon - 1909 Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- ^ a b John Coffey and Bernie Wood, The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League, Hodder Moa, Auckland, 2007, p. 37.
- ^ "Win for Auckland/Taranaki Defeated". Auckland Star. Vol. LXIV, no. 184. 7 August 1933. p. 12. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "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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- 1. Dave Watson
- 2. Babe Hooker
- 3. Ron McKay
- 4. Willie Talau
- 5. Ernest Buckland
- 6. Tony Kemp
- 7. Issac Luke
- 8. Bruce Gall
- 9. Howie Tamati
- 10. Willie Southorn
- 11. Graeme West
- 12. Adam Lile
- 13. Barry Harvey.
- 14. Jack McLeod
- 15. Fred White
- 16. Lance Moir
- 17. Jim Parker
- 18. Charles Hunt.
- Coach: Alan Marshall
- Referee: Graham Church