Mike Patton (rugby league)

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Mike Patton
Personal information
Full nameMichael Patrick Patton
Born (1966-01-10) 10 January 1966 (age 58)
New Zealand
Playing information
Position Stand-off
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
19??–85 Mangere East Hawks
1986 Manukau Magpies
1987–?? Glenora Bears
Total00000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Auckland
1990–91 New Zealand
Source: [1]

Michael Patrick Patton [2] is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in six Test matches, including matches that counted towards the 1992 World Cup.

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Playing career

Patton originally played for the Mangere East Hawks in the Auckland Rugby League competition and won the Lipscombe Cup in 1985 as the ARL's sportsman of the year. Patton spent the 1986 season with the Manukau Magpies. [3] An Auckland representative, Patton again won the Lipscombe Cup in 1987, although by this time he was playing for the Glenora Bears.

He was called up into the New Zealand in 1990 and played in six Test matches, coming off the bench in all of them.

In 1992 he won the Rothville Trophy as the ARL player of the year.[ citation needed ]

Later years

Patton went on to become a self-made millionaire. [4]

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References

  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. PATTON, Michael Patrick 1990 - 91 - Kiwi #625 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
  3. 1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.101
  4. Lonergan, Dean (4 April 2008). "Dean Lonergan: More guts please". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 25 October 2011.