Joe Cootes

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Joe Cootes

|fullname = Joseph George Cootes

|image = File:Joe Cootes.png

|imagesize = 150

|caption =

|birth_date = 1914New Zealand, Police Gazettes, 1878-1945

|birth_place =

|death_date = unknown

|death_place =

|height = {{convert|5|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}}

|weight = {{convert|13|st|9|lb|kg|disp=flip|abbr=on}}{{cite news| url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40994522| title=World stars in N.Z. tourists| date=23 May 1938| work=The Courier-Mail| accessdate=29 June 2014| first=Harry| last=Sunderland| page=12}}

|position = {{rlp|PR|SR}}

|club1 = Manukau

|year1start = 1941

|year1end = 43

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|teamA = Wellington

|yearAstart = ≤1936

|yearAend = ≥39

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|teamB = New Zealand

|yearBstart = 1936

|yearBend = 39

|appearancesB = 4

|triesB = 1

|goalsB = 0

|fieldgoalsB = 0

|pointsB = 3

|new = yes

|retired = yes

|updated = 2 August 2012

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

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Joseph George Cootes (1914 – after 1949)New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s who was three-fourths Māori. He played at representative level for New Zealand, and Wellington, as a {{rlp|pr}} or {{rlp|sr}}.{{cite web|url=http://nzrl.co.nz/roll-of-honour.aspx |title=Roll of Honour at nzrl.co.nz |publisher=nzrl.co.nz |date=31 December 2011 |accessdate=1 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311202253/http://nzrl.co.nz/roll-of-honour.aspx |archivedate=11 March 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://nzrl.co.nz/past-kiwis/past-kiwis-caps-C.aspx|title=Past Kiwis → C at nzrl.co.nz|publisher=nzrl.co.nz|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130112044016/http://nzrl.co.nz/past-kiwis/past-kiwis-caps-C.aspx|archivedate=12 January 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nzleague.co.nz/pages/kiwis_players.php?player=243|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223014236/http://www.nzleague.co.nz/pages/kiwis_players.php?player=243|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 February 2013|title=Profile at nzleague.co.nz|publisher=nzleague.co.nz|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}