George Gardiner (rugby league)

George Gardiner
Gardiner in military uniform during World War I
Personal information
Full nameTekati George Gardiner
Born23 April 1898
Tauranga, New Zealand
Died18 May 1941(1941-05-18) (aged 43)
Cyrenaica, Libya
Playing information
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
Rugby union
PositionCentre, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1912 Matakana 3 0 0 0 0
1913–19 United 4 2 0 0 6
1920 Rangataua
Total 7 2 0 0 6
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1913–19 Te Puke (sub-union) 7 1 2 0 7
1914 Tauranga (sub-union) 1 1 0 0 3
1918–19 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion 6 2 1 0 8
1919 Bay of Plenty 1 0 1 0 2
Rugby league
PositionWing, Centre, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1922 Fire Brigade 1 0 0 0 0
1924 Marist Old Boys 12 9 22 0 71
1925–32 Ponsonby United 93 46 49 0 236
1931 Waterside Workers (Akl) 6 2 5 0 16
Total 112 57 76 0 323
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1922 New Zealand Māori 9 5 3 1 23
1922 Tauranga (sub-union) 1 1 0 0 3
1922 Bay of Plenty 2 2 3 0 12
1922 Te Puke (sub-union) 1 0 0 0 0
1924–25 Auckland 4 3 1 0 11
1925 Auckland Province 1 0 0 0 0
1926 New Zealand 21 10 13 0 53

George Gardiner was a New Zealand rugby league representative player. He played for New Zealand in 1926 becoming the 185th New Zealand representative. He was also a Bay of Plenty rugby representative as well as playing for the first ever Bay of Plenty rugby league team. After he finished his rugby league career he became a professional wrestler fighting mainly in Australia. He fought in World War 1 for New Zealand and fought and died serving in the Australian forces in World War 2.

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