William Christian van Rugge (1921-1997) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.
Playing career A Newtown junior, Bill van Rugge's career was cut short by war service in the Australian Army during World War II.WW2 Nominal Roll 'Bill Van Rugge' http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=290177 In 1944 Van Rugge played for a combined-Brisbane team v's Ipswich in the Bulimba Cup before war service in New Guinea later that year. By war's end, his rugby league career was over.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995.
Death Van Rugge died on 5 July 1997 in Newcastle, New South Wales aged 76.Newcastle Herald - Death notice 5/7/1997
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