Ernie Hills
Birth name | Ernest Fryers Hills[1] | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 3 March 1930||||||||||||
Place of birth | Auckland, NZ [1] | ||||||||||||
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Ernest Fryers "Ernie" Hills (born 3 March 1930) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Hills, a wing, was born in Auckland, NZ and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia in 1950. He was a junior national sprint champion in New Zealand and represented Victoria at state level.[2] He was considered a shock selection for the national team, with the team captain and coach Trevor Allan not knowing him before he was selected in the team.[3]
In 1951 he returned to New Zealand and enlisted to serve in the Dominion Force in the Korean War.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Scrum.com player profile of Nigger Hills". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ↑ "State's winger in R.U. Test". The Argus. Melbourne. 14 August 1950. p. 11. Retrieved 18 September 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Shocks in side for first Test; The Sunday Herald Sporting Section (13 August 1950); p9
- ↑ "Wallaby enlists for Korea". The Argus. Melbourne. 16 May 1951. p. 13. Retrieved 18 September 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
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