Billy Curran

Billy Curran

Personal information
Full name	William Curran
Born	1890 Oamaru, New Zealand
Died	October 31, 1944(1944-10-31) (aged 53–54)
Playing information
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb)
Position	Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1912 Newton Rangers 1 0 0 0 0 1912–15 Wigan 66 60 0 0 180 Total 67 60 0 0 180 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1912 Auckland 6 3 1 0 11 1912 New Zealand 6 1 0 0 3

Billy Curran was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.

Playing career

Curran was playing rugby union in Auckland before switching codes and joining the Newton Rangers. He played one match for Newton on 8 June against Manukau and was then selected for representative matches. He debuted for Auckland and played 6 matches for them in the same season. He was selected to tour Australia in 1912 for New Zealand. ^[1]

In December 1912 he left for England, after being signed by Wigan on the recommendation of George A. Gillett. ^[2] He played three seasons for Wigan, being part of Lancashire League winning sides each year. ^[3]

References

1. CURRAN, William - 1912 ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}nzleague.co.nz
2. John Coffey and Bernie Wood, The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League, Hodder Moa, Auckland, 2007, p. 45.
3. Billy Curran wigan.rlfans.com