Gordon Hooker

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Gordon Hooker
Personal information
Born	New Zealand
Playing information
Position	Wing
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1908–19??	Taranaki
1909	New Zealand	2	0	0	0	0
1910	Queensland

Gordon Hooker was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country in 1909.

Playing career

Hooker represented Taranaki in 1908 and was selected to tour Australia for New Zealand in 1909, where he played in two Test matches.^[1]

He represented Queensland against the 1910 Great Britain Lions before returning to New Zealand and playing for Taranaki against the 1914 Lions. He played until he was 36.^[2]

In the 1930's Hooker helped re-establish rugby league in Taranaki.^[2]

Legacy

In 2008 he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.^[3]

References

↑ HOOKER, Gordon - 1909 nzleague.co.nz
↑ 2.0 2.1 John Coffey and Bernie Wood, The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League, Hodder Moa, Auckland, 2007, p. 37.
↑ "Dream team of century is named". Taranaki Daily News. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2011.

v t e The Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century (1908–2008)

1. Dave Watson 2. Babe Hooker 3. Ron McKay 4. Willie Talau 5. Ernest Buckland 6. Tony Kemp 7. Issac Luke

8. Bruce Gall 9. Howie Tamati 10. Willie Southorn 11. Graeme West 12. Adam Lile 13. Barry Harvey.

Bench:	14. Jack McLeod 15. Fred White 16. Lance Moir 17. Jim Parker 18. Charles Hunt.

Coach: Alan Marshall Referee: Graham Church

Persondata
Name	Hooker, Gordon
Alternative names
Short description	Rugby player
Date of birth
Place of birth	New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death

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