Harold Milliken

Harold Milliken

Full name	Harold Maurice Milliken
Date of birth	(1914-02-27)27 February 1914
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of death	10 January 1993(1993-01-10) (aged 78)
Place of death	Takapuna, New Zealand
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1933-1938 Canterbury () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1938 New Zealand 3 (3)
Rugby league career
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1939 Papakura Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 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]

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]

See also

• List of New Zealand national rugby union players

References

1. "N.Z. Union Men May Transfer". The Sun . 6 April 1939.
2. "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).

External links

• Harold Milliken at ESPNscrum