William Schultz (rugby league)
{{Short description|New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach}}
{{for|the Australian rugby league player|Bill Schultz (rugby league, born 1891)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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|birth_place = New Zealand
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|04|18|1938|07|06|df=yes}}
|death_place = Bay of Islands, New Zealand
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|club3 = Eastern Suburbs
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William Thomas Schultz (6 July 1938 – 18 April 2015) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played for Eastern Suburbs and the New Zealand national team.
Playing career
Schultz played for the Point Chevalier Pirates and Marist Saints in the Auckland Rugby League competition. An Auckland representative, he played for Auckland against France in 1964 and Great Britain in 1966.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-86969-366-4}}.
He toured Australia with the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1959 and toured France and England in 1965, scoring one test try.
In 1968, Schultz moved to Australia to play for the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in the New South Wales Rugby League competition for two seasons.
He finished his rugby league career coaching the Point Chevalier Pirates. He was the older brother of fellow New Zealand rugby league international Paul Schultz.{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/paul-schultz/summary.html|title=Paul Schultz Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=william-schultz-bill&pid=174683418|title=William SCHULTZ Obituary - Auckland, Auckland - New Zealand Herald|work=New Zealand Herald}}
References
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Category:Auckland rugby league team players
Category:Marist Saints players
Category:New Zealand national rugby league team players
Category:New Zealand rugby league coaches
Category:New Zealand rugby league players
Category:Point Chevalier Pirates coaches
Category:Point Chevalier Pirates players
Category:Sydney Roosters players
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