Harold Milliken
{{short description|NZ dual-code rugby international player}}
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| name = Harold Milliken
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| full_name = Harold Maurice Milliken
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|02|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|01|10|1914|02|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Takapuna, New Zealand
| height = {{convert|182|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
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| ru_position = Lock
| years1 = 1933-1938 | clubs1 = Canterbury
| repyears1 = 1938 | repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}
| repcaps1 = 3 | reppoints1 = 3
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| position = {{rlp|SR}}
| club1 = Papakura
| year1start = 1939
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Harold Maurice Milliken (27 February 1914 — 10 January 1993) was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league international active in the 1930s and 1940s.{{cite news |title=N.Z. Union Men May Transfer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/986930997 |work=The Sun |date=6 April 1939}}
Milliken was born in Christchurch and educated at St Andrew's College.{{cite web |title=Harold Milliken #440 |url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=614 |website=stats.allblacks.com}}
A forward, Milliken turned out for Christchurch club Sunnyside and was a regular in the Canterbury provincial side from 1933 to 1938.{{cite news |title=Coach For Leeston Teams |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19380422.2.21.1 |work=Ellesmere Guardian |date=22 April 1938 |page=4}} He was capped three times by the All Blacks as a lock on the 1938 tour of Australia.
Milliken switched codes in 1939 and began playing for Papakura in the Auckland Rugby League competition.{{cite news |title=Harold Milliken Farewelled |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FRTIM19390724.2.39.5 |work=Franklin Times |date=24 July 1939 |page=8 (Supplement)}} He was called up to the national rugby league team for the 1939 tour of Great Britain and made two tour appearances before the trip was abandoned due to the war.
See also
References
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External links
- {{ESPNscrum|4611}}
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Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
Category:Canterbury rugby union players
Category:New Zealand international rugby union players
Category:New Zealand national rugby league team players
Category:New Zealand rugby league players
Category:New Zealand rugby union players
Category:Papakura Sea Eagles players
Category:People educated at St Andrew's College, Christchurch
Category:Rugby league players from Christchurch