Eric Carson
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| Full name | Eric Morris Carson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eric Carson is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in the 1968 World Cup.
Playing career
Carson played for the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League competition. He represented Auckland and was part of the sides that lost to France in 1964 and defeated Australia in 1969.[2] He won the Rothville Trophy in 1969 as the Auckland Rugby League's Player of the Year.
In 1968 he was selected in the New Zealand national rugby league team squad for the 1968 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. He again played for New Zealand in 1970 during the tour of Great Britain.[3]
In 1971 Carson moved to Wellington, joining St. George and captaining the club in the Wellington Rugby League competition.[4]
References
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ^ CARSON, Eric Morris - 1968, 1970 Archived 2012-04-23 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- ^ Team of the Century - Week 2 Wellington Rugby League