Gordon Hooker (29 May 1887 – 6 December 1967) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand in 1909.
Playing career Hooker represented Taranaki in 1908 and was selected to tour Australia for New Zealand in 1909, where he played in two Test matches.HOOKER, Gordon - 1909 nzleague.co.nz
He represented Queensland against the 1910 Great Britain Lions before returning to New Zealand and playing for Taranaki against the 1914 Lions. He played until he was 36.John Coffey and Bernie Wood, The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League, Hodder Moa, Auckland, 2007, p. 37. He refereed the August 5, 1933 match between Auckland and Taranaki at Western Park.
In the 1930s Hooker helped re-establish rugby league in Taranaki. He died in 1967 and his ashes were buried at Te Henui Cemetery.
Legacy In 2008 he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century.
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