Len Eriksen

Len Eriksen

Personal information
Full name	Leonard Alfred Eriksen [1]
Born	30 May 1925 Auckland Region, New Zealand
Died	13 July 2000(2000-07-13) (aged 75)
Playing information
Position	Scrum-half
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Ponsonby Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P Auckland 1954 New Zealand 3 1 0 0 3
Source: [2]

Len Eriksen is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand in the 1954 World Cup.

Playing career

A Ponsonby player in the Auckland Rugby League competition. Eriksen was part of the Auckland side that defeated Great Britain 5-4 at Carlaw Park. He was selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1954 and played in three test matches that year, including at the 1954 World Cup.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 1958 he was part of the Ponsonby side that won the first ever Auckland grand final, defeating Otahuhu 16-7. ^[3]

References

1. ERIKSEN, Leonard Alfred - 1954 Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN   978-1-86969-366-4.