Walter Haddock

{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Walter Haddock

|fullname = Walter Bede Dally Haddock

|birth_date = 22 June 1890

|birth_place = Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1972|9|9|1890|6|22}}

|death_place = Punchbowl, New South Wales

|retired = yes

|position = {{rlp|HK|SR}}

|club1 = Annandale

|year1start = 1910

|year1end = 12

|appearances1 = 36

|tries1 = 1

|goals1 = 1

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 5

|club2 = Newtown

| year2start = 1913

| year2end = 14

| appearances2 = 21

| tries2 = 2

| goals2 = 0

| fieldgoals2 = 0

| points2 = 6

| club3 = Annandale

| year3start = 1916

| year3end = 20

| appearances3 = 39

| tries3 = 6

| goals3 = 1

| fieldgoals3 = 0

| points3 = 19

| club4 = Glebe

| year4start = 1921

| year4end = 23

| appearances4 = 27

| tries4 = 2

| goals4 = 0

| fieldgoals4 = 0

| points4 = 6

| teamA = New South Wales

| yearAstart = 1912

| yearAend = 13

| appearancesA = 4

| triesA = 1

| goalsA = 0

| fieldgoalsA = 0

| pointsA = 3

| source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/walter-haddock/summary.html|title=Walter Haddock – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org}}

| updated = 11 February 2019

}}

Walter Bede Dally Haddock (1890–1972) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s.

Playing career

Walter 'Fisho' Haddock played 13 seasons of first grade rugby league in Sydney. He started his career at the Annandale club, playing four seasons between 1910 and 1913. He then shifted to the Newtown club for two seasons (1914–1915) before returning to Annandale for four more years between 1916 and 1920, and he became Annandale's longest serving first grade player. When the Annandale club folded in 1920, Haddock played out his career at Glebe for three years before retiring in 1923.

Haddock played for New South Wales on four occasions in 1912 and 1913. He also represented Sydney(Metropolis) on three occasions in 1913, 1914 and 1919.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ({{ISBN|1875169571}})

Haddock died on 9 September 1972, aged 81 late of Punchbowl, New South Wales.Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 11/09/1972

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