Harold Horder
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| Full name | Harold Norman Horder | |
| Date of birth | 23 February 1894 | |
| Place of birth | Surry Hills, Australia | |
| Date of death | 3 January 1978 (aged 83) | |
| Nickname(s) | Wonder Winger | |
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| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1912–1919 1920–1923 |
South Sydney Rabbitohs North Sydney Bears |
86 (460) 50 (296) |
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| 1913–1924 1925 1914–1924 |
New South Wales Queensland Australia |
20 (174) 1 (7) 13 (53) |
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Harold Norman Horder (23 February 1894–1978) was an Australian rugby league player a national and state representative player whose club career was with the South Sydney Rabbitohs and North Sydney Bears between 1912 and 1924. He is regarded as one of the greatest wingers to play the game.
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[edit] Playing career
Born in Surry Hills, New South Wales, Horder played 86 games for Souths between 1912–1919 and 1924, 9 games for New South Wales, 13 Test matches for Australia.
In Harold Horder's first game, he stepped and swerved through the entire Glebe team in a 90 metre dash to score one of the greatest individual tries in rugby league history. He went on to be the NSW Rugby Football League's top try-scorer in 1913, 1914 and 1917 and for each of the four seasons 1913, 1914, 1918 and 1922 he was the League's top point scorer. He scored 103 tries for South Sydney and 50 tries for North Sydney.
[edit] Accolades
The New South Wales Rugby League's Rugby League Annual of 1928 commented "if he is not the greatest of all rugby league footballers, he is unquestionably the greatest of all wing three-quarters".
Horder was inducted into the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame on September 7, 2004 at the Dally M Awards in Sydney.
In 2004 he was also named by Souths in their South Sydney Dream Team,[1], consisting of 17 players and a coach representing the club from 1908 through to 2004
In February 2008, Horder was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia. [2]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ South Sydney Dream Team from the official South Sydney website.
- ^ Centenary of Rugby League - The Players. NRL & ARL (2008-02-23). Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
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