Bill McNeight
{{Short description|New Zealand international rugby league footballer}}
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Bill McNeight was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.
Playing career
McNeight first made the New Zealand side in 1936, while playing for the West Coast.[https://archive.today/20130616110101/http://nzleague.co.nz/pages/kiwis_players.php?player=244&name=McNEIGHT,_William_John McNEIGHT, William John (1936, 1938)] nzleague.co.nz He played in two test matches for New Zealand that year and also played for the South Island.Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
By 1938 McNeight had moved to Auckland, joining the Newton Rangers club. He captained New Zealand on their 1938 tour of Australia, however no test matches were played on tour.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-86969-366-4}}.
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Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
Category:Auckland rugby league team players
Category:New Zealand national rugby league team captains
Category:New Zealand national rugby league team players
Category:New Zealand rugby league players
Category:Newton Rangers players
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Rugby league players from the West Coast Region
Category:Rugby league second-rows