Noel Hazzard

Noel Hazzard was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. An Australian international and Queensland interstate representative three-quarter back, he played his club football in Bundaberg and Roma.[2]

Noel Hazzard
Playing information
Weight14 st (89 kg)[1]
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Natives (Bundaberg)
Dalby
Wattles (Roma)
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1946–54 Queensland 12
1951–54 Australia 13 2 0 0 6

Hazzard captained a 'Natives' team in Queensland during the 1940s, suffering a broken collarbone in 1948.[3] In 1951 Hazzard was first selected to represent Australia, becoming Kangaroo number 284.[4] Hazzard was selected to go on the 1952-53 Kangaroo tour. He played in 23 games, including an appearance at centre for Australia in the first test at Leeds.[5]

Hazzard was selected to play for Australia from Roma Wattles against Great Britain in 1957.[6]

In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, Hazzard was named at centre in the Bundaberg Rugby League's team of the century.[7]

References
  1. "Third Test Tactics". The Morning Bulletin. 21 July 1951. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  2. "Queensland Representative Players". qrl.com.au. Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. sportingpulse.com. "1947-1960". Club History. Past Brothers RLFC. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  4. australianrugbyleague.com.au. "Player Register". Kangaroos. Australian Rugby League. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
  5. "Hazzard uses weight". The Courier Mail. 11 October 1952. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  6. "History". Roma & District Rugby League. sportingpulse.com. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  7. "BRL Team of the Century named". sportingpulse.com. Bundaberg Rugby League Ltd. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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