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Jim Wylie

Birth name

James Thomas Wylie

Date of birth

26 October 1887

Place of birth

Galatea, New Zealand

Date of death

19 December 1956 (aged 69)

Place of death

Palo Alto, California, USA

Height

1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)

Weight

87 kg (192 lb)

University

Auckland University College
Stanford University

Occupation(s)

Fruit wholesaler and exporter

Rugby union career

Provincial / State sides
Position(s)	Loose forward
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1910	Auckland	6	()
1911–12	New South Wales	4	()
1913	Auckland	6	()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1912	Australia	0	(0)
1913	New Zealand	2	(3)
Coaching career
Years	Team
1917–48	Stanford University

James Thomas Wylie (26 October 1887 – 19 December 1956) was a New Zealand rugby union player, who represented both the country of his birth and Australia. He went on to coach the Stanford University rugby team for over 30 years from 1917.

Born in Galatea in 1887, Wylie was a tall man at 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in), and played as a loose forward. He first represented Auckland in 1910, playing six matches, before moving to Sydney for the next two years. There he made four appearances for New South Wales against Queensland, and in 1912 he was a member of the Australian team that toured North America.^[1]^[2] Because of injury he only made four appearances on that tour, and did not play in the international against the United States.^[3] Wylie returned to New Zealand in 1913, making a further six appearances for Auckland, and being selected as a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks. He played an international against Australia in Wellington and then was a part of the tour of North America. He played in 11 matches on that tour, including the test against the United States, in which he scored a try.^[1]

Wylie remained in the United States after the tour, and studied engineering at Stanford University, where he turned out for the university rugby team.^[3]^[4] In 1917, he became the Stanford rugby head coach, and continued in that role until at least 1948.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Knight, Lindsay. "Jim Wylie". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^ Australian Rugby Team (Touring America), 1912, The Daily Telegraph, (Wednesday, 18 September 1912), p.15.
^ ^a ^b "James Wylie". Australian Rugby. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^ "Football in America". The Sun. 27 December 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^ Jones, Crayton (2 February 1948). "Wylie at rugby helm since '17". The Stanford Daily. p. 3. Retrieved 19 December 2015.