Bob Neilson
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Full name | Robert John Neilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Reefton, New Zealand | 9 August 1923||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 October 2014 | (aged 91)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert John "Bob" Neilson (9 August 1923 โ 14 October 2014) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.
Playing career
Born in Reefton in 1923, Neilson played for West Coast at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1952 and 1953.[1]
He toured Australia with the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1952 but didn't appear in the test matches. However, he appeared in all three tests in the 1953 series against the Kangaroos in New Zealand, scoring the match-winning and series-clinching try in a 12โ11 victory in the second test in Wellington.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Bob Neilson". nzleague.co.nz. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "A time to remember..." New Zealand Warriors. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
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