Harold Crocker

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Harold Crocker
Personal information
Nickname	Mick
Born	(1927-12-14) 14 December 1927^[1]
Playing information
Weight	14½ St.^[2]
Position	Lock, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
194?–53	Souths (Brisbane)
1954–55	Parramatta	24	4	0	0	12
	Total	24	4	0	0	12
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1949–53	Queensland	19
1950–55	Australia	17	3	0	0	6

Harold "Mick" Crocker is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the mid-20th century. An Australian international and Queensland interstate representative back-row forward,^[3] he played his club career in Brisbane with Souths^[4] and in Sydney with Parramatta.

After a successful career as a Queensland and then Australian international representative, in the 1954 pre-season Crocker signed a then record one-season deal for an Australian to move south and play for Sydney club Parramatta in order to assist his family who had lost their home in a fire the previous year.^[5] Parramatta finished the 1954 NSWRFL season with the wooden spoon however. In the post season Crocker was selected for the Australian national team's campaign for the 1954 Rugby League World Cup tournament, the first ever, which was held in France. Crocker didn't play in the Kangaroos' first match which was lost to Great Britain, but was selected as a second-row forward for the second match against New Zealand which Australia won. He played in the third match against France which the Australians lost, meaning they would fail to reach the final. The following season was Crocker's last in the NSWRFL Premiership's first grade.^[6]

In 2009 Crocker was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.^[7]

References

↑ Queensland representative players at Queensland Rugby League website
↑ "Easy League win by N.S.W" 23 June 1949 The Sydney Morning Herald
↑ "The 1950s Maroon Renaissance" by Sean Fagan (rl1908.com)
↑ "Souths Logan Magpies" at Queensland Rugby League website
↑ "Crocker will play here" 20 January 1954 The Sydney Morning Herald
↑ Mick Crocker at yesterdayshero.com.au
↑ "Mr Mick Crocker". Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. qsport.org.au. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

External links

Harold "Mick" Crocker at rugbyleagueproject.org

v t e Souths Magpies Team of the Century (1909-2008)

1. Gary Belcher 2. Mitch Brennan 3. Mal Meninga 4. Bruce Astill 5. John Grant 6. Ted Verrenkamp 7. Norm McLean 8. Jack Veivers 9. Alan Hornery 10. Greg Veivers 11. Bill Tyquin 12. Harry Bath 13. Harold Crocker 14. Len Pegg 15. Mick Veivers 16. Chris Phelan 17. Graeme Atherton Coach: Wayne Bennett

Persondata
Name	Crocker, Harold
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rugby league player
Date of birth	14 December 1927
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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