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Harold Crocker

Personal information

Born

14 December 1927^[1]
Brisbane, Queensland

Died

11 December 2014 (aged 86)

Playing information

Weight

14.5 st (92 kg)^[2]

Position

Lock, Second-row

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
194?–53	Souths (Brisbane)
1954–55	Parramatta	25	4	0	0	12
	Total	25	4	0	0	12
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1949–53	Queensland	19	1	0	0	3
1950–55	Australia	17	3	0	0	6

Source: ^[3]

Harold "Mick" Crocker (14 December 1927 – 11 December 2014) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. An Australia national and Queensland state representative back-row forward,^[4] he played his club career in Brisbane with Souths^[5] and in Sydney with Parramatta.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[6] 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. 278.^[7] The following season was Crocker's last in the NSWRFL Premiership's first grade.^[8]

In 2009 Crocker was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.^[9]

References

^ Queensland representative players Archived 1 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Queensland Rugby League website
^ "Easy League win by N.S.W" 23 June 1949 The Sydney Morning Herald
^ Harold "Mick" Crocker at rugbyleagueproject.org
^ "The 1950s Maroon Renaissance" by Sean Fagan (rl1908.com)
^ "Souths Logan Magpies" Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Queensland Rugby League website
^ "Crocker will play here" 20 January 1954 The Sydney Morning Herald
^ ARL Annual Report 2005, page 53
^ Mick Crocker Archived 9 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine at yesterdayshero.com.au
^ "Mr Mick Crocker". Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. qsport.org.au. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

External links

v t e Australia squad – 1954 Rugby League World Cup
Harold Crocker Ken Kearney Peter Diversi Roy Bull Norm Provan Keith Holman Noel Pidding Harry Wells Ian Moir Greg Hawick Clive Churchill (c) Duncan Hall Kel O'Shea Brian Davies Ken McCaffery Bob Banks Alex Watson Denis Flannery Coach: Vic Hey

v t e Souths Magpies Team of the Century (1909-2008)
1. Gary Belcher 2. Mitch Brennan 3. Mal Meninga 4. Bruce Astill 5. John Grant 6. Ted Verrenkamp 7. Norm McLean 8. Jack Veivers 9. Alan Hornery 10. Greg Veivers 11. Bill Tyquin 12. Harry Bath 13. Harold Crocker 14. Len Pegg 15. Mick Veivers 16. Chris Phelan 17. Graeme Atherton Coach: Wayne Bennett