Harry Sunderland
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Administrator Journalist |
Harry Sunderland (23 November 1889 – 15 January 1964) was an Australian rugby league football administrator and journalist.
Sunderland was born in
Brisbane Rugby League.[1]
Sunderland was the team manager for the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.
Following development work by both Sunderland (on behalf of the Australian Rugby League) and the Rugby Football League based in England, an exhibition match between Great Britain and Australia at Paris' Stade Pershing in December 1933 inspired the beginnings of rugby league in France.[2]
On 25 October 1938 Sunderland arrived in Wigan to take up the duties of Secretary-Manager at Central Park. On 28 September the following year, his contract was terminated and he and the club parted company.
At the start of the 1950s he submitted a plan to the
Australian Rugby League Board of Control
for promoting rugby league in the United States.
After moving to
Australian national team. He later moved to England where he became manager of the Wigan Rugby League Football Club
.
Since his death in
Ashes series
.
Personal life
Sunderland was the father of Sir Sydney Sunderland.
References
- ISBN 0-7022-3383-8.
- ^ Lyle, Beaton (7 April 2009). "75 Years of French Rugby League". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
