Bert Cook (rugby)
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Full name | Herbert Errol Cook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 24 December 1923 Wairoa, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 December 1986 (aged 62) Leeds, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Herbert Errol Cook (24 December 1923 – 19 December 1986[2]) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached rugby league in the 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force "Kiwis", and representative level rugby league (RL) for Other Nationalities, and at club level for Leeds, Keighley and Dewsbury, as a goal-kicking fullback, i.e. number 1, and coached club level rugby league (RL) for Keighley and Dewsbury.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Greatest Leeds Kiwi of all time nominee – Bert Cook (archived)". Leeds Rhinos. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ "Club History, Facts and Figures – Bert Cook". Yorkshire Evening Post. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
External links[]
- [permanent dead link] ĎŔƑ The Rock n Roll 50s – Keighley to Cougars
- (archived by web.archive.org) The 50s Part 2 – Keighley to Cougars
Categories:
- 1923 births
- 1986 deaths
- People from Wairoa
- Dewsbury Rams coaches
- Dewsbury Rams players
- Keighley Cougars coaches
- Keighley Cougars players
- Leeds Rhinos players
- New Zealand rugby league coaches
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Other Nationalities rugby league team players
- Rugby league fullbacks
- New Zealand military personnel of World War II