Harold Crocker, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Harold Crocker

Australian rugby league player

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1927

Date of Death: 11-Dec-2014

Profession: rugby league player

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Harold Crocker

  • Harold "Mick" Crocker was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the mid-20th century.
  • An Australia national and Queensland state representative back-row forward, he played his club career in Brisbane with Souths and in Sydney with Parramatta. After a successful career as a Queensland and then Australian international representative, in the 1954 pre-season Crocker signed a then-record one-season deal for an Australian to move south and play for Sydney club Parramatta in order to assist his family who had lost their home in a fire the previous year.
  • Parramatta finished the 1954 NSWRFL season with the wooden spoon however.
  • In the postseason Crocker was selected for the Australian national team's campaign for the 1954 Rugby League World Cup tournament, the first ever, which was held in France.
  • Crocker didn't play in the Kangaroos' first match which was lost to Great Britain, but was selected as a second-row forward for the second match against New Zealand which Australia won.
  • He played in the third match against France which the Australians lost, meaning they would fail to reach the final.
  • He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.
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  • The following season was Crocker's last in the NSWRFL Premiership's first grade.In 2009 Crocker was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.

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