Adam Lile
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Born | 29 December 1885 Back row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adam "Addie" Lile (1885-1954) was a New Zealand
Early years
Originally from
Rugby union career
Lile played
Rugby league career
Lile was selected by Baskiville to be part of the
On his return from the tour Lile was instrumental to the foundation of the Taranaki Rugby League. The team met with immediate success and in the 1909 season defeated both Wellington and Auckland, despite both teams featuring many of his fellow tourists. Lile was the Taranaki player-coach in both the 1908 and 1909 seasons.
Lile was part of the 1909 New Zealand tour of Australia, playing in all three test matches.
Legacy
Lile has a street named after him, Adam Lile Drive, in New Plymouth.[4]
The Taranaki Rugby League club trophy is also named the "Lile Shield" in his honour.[2]
In 2008 he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.[5]
Personal life
Adam Lile was born in 1885, the son of Adam Lile (Lisle) and Eliza Dandy. He had 7 siblings. In 1910 he married Ida Alberta Fleet. They had two children, Joyce Ngaere Lile in 1911 and Addie Bernard Lile in 1914.
References
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ ISBN 1-86971-090-8
- ISBN 0-473-03864-1
- ^ Taranaki Trivia Archived 19 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Puke Ariki, Accessed 20 August 2009
- ^ "Dream team of century is named". Taranaki Daily News. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2011.