Full name | Harold Maurice Milliken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 February 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 10 January 1993 78) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Takapuna, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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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