Bill Schultz
Personal information
Born(1938-07-06)6 July 1938[1]
New Zealand
Died18 April 2015(2015-04-18) (aged 76)
Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Playing information
PositionHooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Point Chevalier Pirates
Marist Saints
1968–69 Eastern Suburbs
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Auckland
1959–65 New Zealand 4 1 0 0 3
Source: [2]

William Thomas Schultz (6 July 1938 – 18 April 2015) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played for Eastern Suburbs and the New Zealand national team.[2]

Playing career

Schultz played for the Point Chevalier Pirates and Marist Saints in the Auckland Rugby League competition. An Auckland representative, he played for Auckland against France in 1964 and Great Britain in 1966.[3]

He toured Australia with the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1959 and toured France and England in 1965, scoring one test try.

In 1968, Schultz moved to Australia to play for the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in the New South Wales Rugby League competition for two seasons.

He finished his rugby league career coaching the Point Chevalier Pirates. He was the older brother of fellow New Zealand rugby league international Paul Schultz.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Death search: registration number 2015/9880". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
  4. ↑ "Paul Schultz Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "William SCHULTZ Obituary - Auckland, Auckland - New Zealand Herald". New Zealand Herald.


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