Wilfred Brimble
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Full name | Wilfred Pierrepont Brimble | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hilo, Hawaii, United States | 16 November 1913|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 18 September 1999[1] New Zealand | (aged 85)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 30 August 2021 |
Wilfred Pierrepont "Bunny" Brimble (16 November 1913 – 18 September 1999) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played for New Zealand.[3]
Background[]
Brimble was one of seven brothers, who all shared middle name Pierrepont. Two of his other brothers, (better known as Ted) and , also represented New Zealand.
Born in Hilo Hawaii, Brimble had an English father and a Bantu mother Jane Depua Mahdna.[4] The family moved to Onehunga, New Zealand in 1914.
Playing career[]
Brimble played for the Newton Rangers club. Despite being of African origin, Brimble was selected for, and played for, the New Zealand Māori side.[5]
Brimble toured Australia with the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1938, however the side played in no test matches.
References[]
- ^ New Zealand Death Index
- ^ "Papers Past". Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Page 4 – Rugby league players teara.govt.nz
- ^ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 123. ISBN 1869693310.
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- New Zealand rugby league players
- Auckland rugby league team players
- American emigrants to New Zealand
- New Zealand Māori rugby league players
- Manukau Magpies players
- 1913 births
- 1999 deaths