George Gardiner (rugby league)

George Gardiner was a New Zealand rugby league representative player. He played for New Zealand in 1926 becoming the 185th New Zealand representative. He was also a Bay of Plenty rugby representative as well as playing for the first ever Bay of Plenty rugby league team. After he finished his rugby league career he became a professional wrestler fighting mainly in Australia. He fought in World War 1 for New Zealand and fought and died serving in the Australian forces in World War 2.

George Gardiner
Gardiner in military uniform during World War I
Personal information
Full nameGeorge Te Kati Gardiner
Born1898 (1898) (estimated)
Tauranga, New Zealand
Died18 May 1941 (aged 42–43)
Cyrenaica, Libya
Playing information
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight83 kg (13 st 1 lb)
Rugby union
PositionCentre, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1912 Matakana 3 0 0 0 0
1913–19 United 4 2 0 0 6
1920 Rangataua
Total 7 2 0 0 6
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1913–19 Te Puke (sub-union) 7 1 2 0 7
1914 Tauranga (sub-union) 1 1 0 0 3
1918–19 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion 6 2 1 0 8
1919 Bay of Plenty 1 0 1 0 2
Rugby league
PositionWing, Centre, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1924 Marist Old Boys 13 9 22 0 71
1925–32 Ponsonby United 89 44 44 0 220
1931 Waterside Workers (Akl) 6 2 5 0 16
Total 108 55 71 0 307
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1922 New Zealand Māori 9 5 3 1 23
1922 Tauranga (sub-union) 1 1 0 0 3
1922 Bay of Plenty 2 2 3 0 12
1922 Te Puke (sub-union) 1 0 0 0 0
1924–25 Auckland 4 3 1 0 11
1925 Auckland Province 1 0 0 0 0
1926 New Zealand 21 10 13 0 53
1927 New Zealand XIII 21 0 1 0 2
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