Bill Schultz (New Zealand rugby league player)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | New Zealand | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Hooker | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Point Chevalier Pirates | ||||||
| Marist Saints | ||||||
| 1968–69 | Eastern Suburbs | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Auckland | ||||||
| 1959–65 | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Source: [1] | ||||||
William "Bill" Schultz (1938 or 1939 – 18 April 2015) was a New Zealand rugby league player who played for Eastern Suburbs and the national team.
Playing career
Schultz played for the Point Chevalier Pirates and Marist Saints in the Auckland Rugby League competition. An Auckland representative, he played for Auckland against France in 1964 and Great Britain in 1966.[2]
He toured Australia with the New Zealand Kiwis in 1959 and toured France and England in 1965, scoring one test try.
In 1968, Schultz moved to Australia to play for the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in the New South Wales Rugby League competition for two seasons.
He finished his rugby league career coaching the Point Chevalier Pirates. He was the older brother of fellow New Zealand rugby league international Paul Schultz.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (1 February 2015). "William Schultz". rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ↑ "William SCHULTZ Obituary - Auckland, Auckland - New Zealand Herald". New Zealand Herald.