Kurt Sorensen
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Born | 8 November 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kurt John Sorensen (born 8 November 1956) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.[2]
Background
He is the brother of fellow Kiwi international, Dane Sorensen, and the nephew of another pair of Kiwi brothers, Bill and Dave Sorensen.[3] He is of Tongan and Danish descent.[4]
Playing career
While playing in the Auckland Rugby League competition, Sorensen made his début for the New Zealand national rugby league team in the 1975 World Cup. The following year, while playing for Mt Wellington, he won the Auckland Rugby League's Rothville Trophy, which is awarded to the Premier One player of the year as chosen by the Auckland Coach. Sorensen then moved to England to play for Wigan for the 1976–77 season. He later played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, finishing the 1982 season as the club's top try scorer.
While at Widnes, Sorensen played in 252 games and captained the side that won the
on Saturday 29 September 1990.Kurt Sorensen played left-
on Saturday 11 January 1992.After leaving Widnes, Sorensen was the player-coach at Whitehaven before controversially joining rivals Workington Town in 1995. He resigned a year later before resuming his playing career with Chorley in England, and Cudgen on the Gold Coast.[3]
Legacy
In 2000 Sorensen was inducted as one of the
References
- ^ SORENSEN, Kurt John 1975, 1977, 1983 - 1986, 1988 - 1989 - Kiwi #524 Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ ISBN 1-86971-090-8
- ^ "'Polys' playing starring role in NRL". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.101
- ^ "7th January 1989: Wigan 12 Widnes 6 (John Player Trophy Final)". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "New Zealand Rugby League Annual Report 2008" (PDF). NZRL. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2009.