Harold Milliken

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Harold Milliken
Full nameHarold Maurice Milliken
Date of birth(1914-02-27)27 February 1914
Place of birth Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of death10 January 1993(1993-01-10) (aged 78)
Place of death Takapuna, New Zealand
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1933-1938 Canterbury ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1938 New Zealand 3 (3)
Rugby league career
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1939 New Zealand

Harold Maurice Milliken (27 February 1914 — 10 January 1993) was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league international active in the 1930s and 1940s. [1]

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Milliken was born in Christchurch and educated at St Andrew's College. [2]

A forward, Milliken turned out for Christchurch club Sunnyside and was a regular in the Canterbury provincial side from 1933 to 1938. [3] He was capped three times by the All Blacks as a lock on the 1938 tour of Australia. [2]

Milliken switched codes in 1939 and began playing for Papakura in the Auckland Rugby League competition. [4] He was called up to the national rugby league team for the 1939 tour of Great Britain and made two tour appearances before the trip was abandoned due to the war. [2]

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References

  1. "N.Z. Union Men May Transfer". The Sun . 6 April 1939.
  2. 1 2 3 "Harold Milliken #440". stats.allblacks.com.
  3. "Coach For Leeston Teams". Ellesmere Guardian. 22 April 1938. p. 4.
  4. "Harold Milliken Farewelled". Franklin Times. 24 July 1939. p. 8 (Supplement).