Dave Solomon (rugby)
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Full name | David Solomona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Levuka, Fiji | 31 May 1913||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 August 1997 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 84)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback, first five-eighth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dave Solomon (31 May 1913 – 15 August 1997) was a Fijian-born rugby football player who represented New Zealand in both rugby union (as a five-eighth and fullback) and rugby league. His brother Frank Solomon was also an All Black.
Early years[]
Solomon attended Mt Albert Grammar, and was in the 1st XV in 1931.[2]
Rugby union career[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/David_Solomon_passport_application.jpg/220px-David_Solomon_passport_application.jpg)
Playing with the Ponsonby rugby union club, Solomon moved south; playing for the Matamata sub-union 1932–43 and represented the Waikato Rugby Union in 1934 before moving back home and playing for Auckland 1935–38, in every back position except wing.[2] He made the 1935 All Blacks tour and travelled with the squad to Great Britain, playing in eight tour matches in 1934–35 and scored 3 points (a try) for New Zealand.
Rugby league career[]
In 1939 Solomon switched codes to play rugby league. He was named in the 1939–40 New Zealand national rugby league team squad, however the tour was cut short by World War II.[2][3]
Return to rugby union[]
After the war he returned to rugby union, and coached the East Coast Bays and Northcote clubs on the North Shore.
Later years[]
Solomon became a Samoan Matai. He died in Auckland on 15 August 1997.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Dave Solomon allblacks.com
- ^ SOLOMON, DAVID 1939 – KIWI #283 Archived 23 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- 1997 deaths
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- 1913 births
- New Zealand people of Fijian descent
- New Zealand people of Samoan descent
- Auckland rugby league team players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand rugby union coaches
- Auckland rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Samoan chiefs
- People educated at Mount Albert Grammar School
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- People from Levuka
- Fijian people of Samoan descent
- Samoan people of Fijian descent