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Bill McNeight
New Zealand rugby league footballer
Bill McNeight was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.[1]
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| Full name | William John McNeight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1907 New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 August 1966(1966-08-21) (aged 59) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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McNeight first made the New Zealand side in 1936, while playing for the West Coast.[2] He played in two test matches for New Zealand that year and also played for the South Island.[1][3]
By 1938 McNeight had moved to Auckland, joining the Newton Rangers club. He captained New Zealand on their 1938 tour of Australia, however no test matches were played on tour.[4]
- "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- McNEIGHT, William John (1936, 1938) nzleague.co.nz
- Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
- Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.