Bill Telford

{{short description|NZ rugby league footballer and coach}}

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Bill "Snow" Telford was a New Zealand rugby league player and coach who coached his country several times, including in the 1957 World Cup.

Playing career

Telford played for the Richmond club in the Auckland Rugby League competition.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-86969-366-4}}.

In 1928 Telford played for Glebe in the NSWRL Premiership.

Coaching career

In 1948 Telford managed the Auckland side for coach Stan Prentice.

Telford first coached New Zealand between 1956 and 1957, leading the 1956 tour of Australia and coaching the team at the 1957 World Cup.{{Cite journal | author1=New South Wales Rugby Football League. | journal=The Rugby League News| location=Sydney | publisher=N.S.W. Rugby Football League | via=Trove | year=1920|title= New Zealand Team Leaders, 1957|volume= 38|issue= 16 (25 June 1957)|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-760894692| id=nla.obj-760894692| access-date=21 Jan 2020}}

He advised the West Coast when they travelled to Auckland in 1960.

His second spell as head coach of the Kiwis was between 1961 and 1963 and included the 1961 tour of Great Britain and France and the 1963 tour of Australia.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Telford's final spell as head coach came in 1965 when he led the tour of Great Britain and France. Telford finished his New Zealand coaching career with 8 Test victories, 3 draws and 17 losses.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

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