Noel Hazzard

Noel Hazzard
Personal information
Full nameGordon Noel Hazzard
Born19 June 1924
Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Died19 July 1986(1986-07-19) (aged 62)
Playing information
Weight14 st (89 kg)[1]
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Natives (Bundaberg)
Dalby
Wattles (Roma)
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1946–54 Queensland 12
1951–54 Australia 13 2 0 0 6

Noel Hazzard (19 June 1924 – 19 July 1986) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. An Australian international and Queensland interstate representative three-quarter back, he played his club football in Bundaberg and Roma.[2]

Hazzard captained a 'Natives' team in Queensland during the 1940s, suffering a broken collarbone in 1948.[3] In 1951 Hazzard was first selected to represent Australia, becoming Kangaroo number 284.[4] Hazzard was selected to go on the 1952-53 Kangaroo tour. He played in 23 games, including an appearance at centre for Australia in the first test at Leeds.[5]

Hazzard was selected to play for Australia from Roma Wattles against Great Britain in 1957.[6]

In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, Hazzard was named at centre in the Bundaberg Rugby League's team of the century.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Third Test Tactics". The Morning Bulletin. 21 July 1951. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Queensland Representative Players". qrl.com.au. Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. ^ sportingpulse.com. "1947-1960". Club History. Past Brothers RLFC. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  4. ^ australianrugbyleague.com.au. "Player Register". Kangaroos. Australian Rugby League. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Hazzard uses weight". The Courier Mail. 11 October 1952. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  6. ^ "History". Roma & District Rugby League. sportingpulse.com. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  7. ^ "BRL Team of the Century named". sportingpulse.com. Bundaberg Rugby League Ltd. Retrieved 8 January 2012.