Roger Bailey (rugby league)

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Roger Bailey
Personal information
Full nameRoger Wayne Bailey
Born (1942-01-01) 1 January 1942 (age 82)
Playing information
Position Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Ponsonby United
Maritime
Total00000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Auckland
1961–70 New Zealand 30120036
New Zealand Māori
Source: [1]

Roger Wayne Bailey is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer and coach who represented New Zealand thirty times between 1961 and 1970. His brother Gary also played for New Zealand while his brother Bob later coached New Zealand and his son David was also a professional player. Bailey is of New Zealand Māori descent. [2]

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Playing career

A member of the Ponsonby club, [3] Bailey was an Auckland representative and was first picked for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1961. He went on to play thirty test matches for the Kiwis and, in 1967, captained the Kiwis in two matches. [4] Bailey also represented the New Zealand Māori side. [2]

In 1973 Bailey won the Hyland Memorial Cup as coach of the year in the Auckland Rugby League competition.[ citation needed ]

He joined the Maritime club in 1975. [5]

Awards

Bailey was inducted as a New Zealand Rugby League "Legend of League" in 1995 and is an Auckland Rugby League Immortal. [6] [7]

In 2007 he was named in the New Zealand Rugby League Team of the Century at centre. [8]

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References

  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. pp. xiii. ISBN   9781869693312.
  3. Ponsonby United Rugby League Club Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine Auckland Rugby League
  4. Bailey, Roger Wayne 1961 - 1970 - Kiwi #402 nzleague.co.nz
  5. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN   978-1-86969-366-4.
  6. Legends of League New Zealand Rugby League
  7. Stacey Jones, Auckland Rugby League Immortal Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine est1995.co.nz, 21 September 2003
  8. "Graham is best in 100 years". The Sunday Star-Times . 2 December 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2011.