Kenneth Robert McCracken (1941 – 28 October 2019) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.[1] His son, Jarrod, also represented New Zealand.
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| Full name | Kenneth Robert McCracken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1941 New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 October 2019 (aged 77–78) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
editMcCracken played for the Ellerslie Eagles club in the Auckland Rugby League competition, and also played for Ellerslie's combined district team Eastern United. He was an Auckland representative and played in seven test matches for New Zealand. He was first selected for New Zealand for their 1961 tour of Great Britain and France and again played on their 1963 tour of Australia and in 1964 home matches against France.
McCracken later played for the Ponsonby Ponies club in Auckland.[2]
Death
editMcCracken died from metastatic prostate cancer on 28 October 2019.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909–2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ^ "The passing of Ken McCracken". New Zealand Rugby League. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.