Joe Cootes

New Zealand rugby league footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Joseph George Cootes (1914 – after 1949)[4] was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s who was three-fourths Māori.[1] He played at representative level for New Zealand, and Wellington, as a prop or second-row.[5][6][7]

FullnameJoseph George Cootes
Born1914[1]
Diedunknown
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
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Joe Cootes
Personal information
Full nameJoseph George Cootes
Born1914[1]
Diedunknown
Playing information
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Weight87 kg (13 st 9 lb)[2]
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1941–43 Manukau
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1936–≥39 Wellington
1936–39 New Zealand 4 1 0 0 3
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Playing career

International honours

Cootes making a tackle in the first test against England, August 1, 1936 at Carlaw Park.
Cootes, 2nd from the left, training for NZ at Carlaw Park before they departed for Australia in 1938.

Cootes represented New Zealand in 1936 against Great Britain (2 tests), in 1937 against Australia (2 tests), and on the 1938 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia and 1939 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France.[3]

Joe Cootes at training for New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in June 1938. He is on the extreme left.

Later life

Cootes later worked as a labourer. He was convicted of assault in 1937 and 1939, serving two weeks in gaol for the second conviction.[1][8]

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