Harold Milliken

Harold Milliken

Full name	Harold Maurice Milliken
Date of birth	(1914-02-27)27 February 1914
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of death	10 January 1993(1993-01-10) (aged 78)
Place of death	Takapuna, New Zealand
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Rugby league career
Position(s) Second-row International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1939 New Zealand ()
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1938 New Zealand 3 (3)

Harold Maurice Milliken (27 February 1914 — 10 January 1993) was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league international active in the 1930s and 1940s.

Milliken was born in Christchurch and educated at St Andrew's College.

A forward, Milliken turned out for Christchurch club Sunnyside and was a regular in the Canterbury provincial side from 1933 to 1938. He was capped three times by the All Blacks as a lock on the 1938 tour of Australia.

Milliken switched codes in 1939 and began playing for Papakura in the Auckland Rugby League competition. He was called up to the national rugby league team for the 1939 tour of Great Britain and made two tour appearances before the trip was abandoned due to the war.

See also

• List of New Zealand national rugby union players

External links

• Harold Milliken at ESPNscrum