Harold Horder

Infobox rugby league biography
playername = Harold Horder
fullname = Harold Norman Horder
nickname = Wonder Winger


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Harold Norman Horder (23 February, 1894–21 August, 1978) was an Australian rugby league player a national and state representative player whose club career was with the South Sydney Rabbitohs and North Sydney Bears between 1912 and 1924. He is regarded as one of the greatest wingers to play the game.

Playing career

Born in Surry Hills, New South Wales, Horder played 86 games for Souths between 1912–1919 and 1924, 9 games for New South Wales, 13 Test matches for Australia.

In Harold Horder's first game, he stepped and swerved through the entire Glebe team in a 90 metre dash to score one of the greatest individual tries in rugby league history. He went on to be the NSW Rugby Football League's top try-scorer in 1913, 1914 and 1917 and for each of the four seasons 1913, 1914, 1918 and 1922 he was the League's top point scorer. He scored 102 tries for South Sydney and 50 tries for North Sydney.

Accolades

The New South Wales Rugby League's "Rugby League Annual" of 1928 commented "if he is not the greatest of all rugby league footballers, he is unquestionably the greatest of all wing three-quarters".

Horder was inducted into the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame on September 7, 2004 at the Dally M Awards in Sydney. [ [http://rl1908.com/Hoffame/index.htm Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame] ] .

In 2004 Horder was named by Souths in their "South Sydney Dream Team", [ [http://www.souths.com.au/history/viewclublegends.asp?ArticleID=842 South Sydney Dream Team] from the official South Sydney website.] , consisting of 17 players and a coach representing the club from 1908 through to 2004. In August, 2006 he was also named at winger in the North Sydney Bears' team of the century.

In February 2008, Horder was named in the list of Australia's "100 GreatestPlayers" (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL tocelebrate the code's centenary year in Australia. [cite web|publisher="NRL & ARL"|title=Centenary of Rugby League - The Players
url=http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/the-players.aspx?cat=3&list=true|accessdate=2008-02-23|date=2008-02-23]

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090365b.htm Harold Horder at the Online Dictionary of Australian Biographies]