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Former NZ international rugby league footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kenneth Henry James Mountford (27 May 1924 – 19 January 1967) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand. He was the brother of fellow players Ces Mountford and Bill Mountford.[1]
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Full name | Kenneth Henry James Mountford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | South Island, New Zealand | 27 May 1924|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 January 1967 42) Strongman Mine, New Zealand | (aged|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Five-eighth, Halfback, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 2 February 2021 |
Mountford played for Blackball of the West Coast Rugby League during the 1940s along with his two brothers. Blackball held the Thacker Shield at the time.[2] He represented both the West Coast and the South Island.
He played for the New Zealand national rugby league team in six test matches on the 1947 tour of Great Britain and France.[3]
A coal miner, Mountford was one of 19 miners who lost their lives in the Strongman Mine gas explosion on 19 January 1967.[4]
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