John Dennis Boocker
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Full name | John Dennis Boocker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ystrad, Wales | 22 November 1922||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 June 1987 Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 65)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Dennis Boocker (22 November 1922[2] – 8 June 1987), also known by the nickname of "Dinny", was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at representative level for Wales and Country New South Wales (Australia), and at club level for Kurri Kurri Bulldogs, Newtown Bluebags and Wakefield Trinity, as a wing or centre.[1][3][4]
Background
John Dennis Boocker was born in
Boocker played in Kurri Kurri's 1945 premiership win. In 2010 he was named at centre in Kurri Rugby League Club's team of the century.[6]
Playing career
International honours
Dennis Boocker was selected for Wales whilst at Wakefield Trinity during the 1948/49 and 1949/50 seasons.[1][7]
County Cup Final appearances
Dennis Boocker played at
Club career
Dennis Boocker made his début for Wakefield Trinity, and scored a
Contemporaneous Article Extract
A typical action picture of Denis Boocker taken during Trinity's game with Belle Vue Rangers in August 1935, when the Welsh-Australian scored four tries. It shows the famous "swallow-dive" which Boocker used so effectively on many of his try-scoring occasions. Born in
References
Note: "Boocker" is mis-spelt as "Booker", i.e. without the 'c', on Page-78 of the book 'Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES'.
- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleague.wales". rugbyleague.wales. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/40048733:2997
- ^ cessnockadvertiser.com.au (22 August 2012). "Kurri Bulldogs Honour Their Top Side". The Advertiser. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ a b Lindley, John (1960). Dreadnoughts - A HISTORY OF Wakefield Trinity F. C. 1873–1960 [Pages 46 & 51]. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a
- ISBN 1-85983-429-9