George Sellars

George Sellars

Date of birth	16 April 1886
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Date of death	7 June 1917
Place of death	Messines, Belgium
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (12.0 st)
School	Napier Street School (Auckland)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Hooker
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
1906–14	Ponsonby
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1909–1914 1912	Auckland North Island	29 1
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1913 1912, 1914	New Zealand New Zealand Māori	15	(6)

George Maurice Victor Sellars (16 April 1886 – 7 June 1917) was a rugby union player who represented New Zealand fifteen times, including two Test matches. He played club rugby for Ponsonby, and was first selected for Auckland in 1910, and in 1912 gained international selection for New Zealand Māori. Sellars was selected for the All Blacks – as New Zealand's international team is known – for their 1913 tour of North America where he played fourteen matches. As well, he was also in the All Blacks' side that played Australia immediately prior to their tour. Although unavailable to play for New Zealand the following year, he did represent the Māori again that season. In 1915 Sellars enlisted for service in the First War War, and he was fatally wounded in 1917 at the Battle of Messines.^[1]

The New Zealand team before their departure to North America in 1913. Sellars is sitting in the second row on the far left.

See also

• List of international rugby union players killed in World War I

References

1. "George Sellars". allblacks.com. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

External links

• "George Maurice Victor Sellars". Online Cenotaph – He Toa Taumata Rau. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
• "George Sellars". ESPN. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
• "All Blacks At War: The First XIII". Nixon Pictures. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
• "Mason Gives Line on How to Follow Sphere Down Field". San Francisco Call. 30 October 1913. p. 5. Retrieved 16 July 2015.