Willie Southorn
New Zealand international rugby league footballer
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Willie Southorn is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.[1]
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| Full name | William Peter Southorn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1944 New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 October 1993 (aged 49) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Southorn played for Taranaki and the New Zealand Māori side.[2]
In 1966 and 1967 Southorn played two test matches for the New Zealand national rugby league team.[3]
Legacy
In 2008 he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.[4]