Bert Cook (rugby)

{{Short description|New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach}}

{{Distinguish|Bert Cooke (rugby)}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|first = RU

|name = Bert Cook

|fullname = Herbert Errol Cook

|image = Bert Cook - Leeds.jpeg

|imagesize = 192

|caption =

|birth_date = 24 December 1923

|birth_place = Wairoa, New Zealand

|death_date = 19 December 1986 (aged 62)

|death_place = Leeds, England

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|position = {{rlp|FB}}

|club1 = Leeds

|year1start = 1947

|year1end = 53

|appearances1 = 210

|tries1 = 19

|goals1 = 556

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 1169

|club2 = Keighley

|year2start = 1953

|year2end = ≥53

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|club3 = Dewsbury

|year3start = ≤1958

|year3end = 58

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|ru_teamA = {{nowrap|2nd NZEF "Kiwis"}}

|ru_yearAstart = 1945

|ru_yearAend = 46

|ru_appearancesA = 20

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|ru_goalsA =

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|ru_pointsA = 138

|teamA = {{nowrap|Other Nationalities}}

|yearAstart = ≥1947

|yearAend = ≤58

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|coachteam1 = Keighley

|coachyear1start = 1953

|coachyear1end = ≥53

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|coachteam2 = Dewsbury

|coachyear2start = ≤1958

|coachyear2end = 58

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|new = yes

|retired = yes

|updated = 27 December 2024

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/h-cook--l-/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}

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Herbert Errol Cook (24 December 1923 – 19 December 1986{{cite web|url=http://www.therhinos.co.uk/news/21743.php#.WrN3lIjFLIV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421050535/http://www.therhinos.co.uk/news/21743.php#.WrN3lIjFLIV|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2014|title=Greatest Leeds Kiwi of all time nominee – Bert Cook (archived)|date=30 October 2013|publisher=Leeds Rhinos|accessdate=21 April 2014}}) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached rugby league in the 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force "Kiwis", and representative level rugby league (RL) for Other Nationalities, and at club level for Leeds, Keighley and Dewsbury, as a goal-kicking {{rlp|fb}}, and coached club level rugby league (RL) for Keighley and Dewsbury.{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/leeds-rhinos/club_history_facts_and_figures_1_2274590|title=Club History, Facts and Figures – Bert Cook|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=31 December 2010|accessdate=1 January 2011}}