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| Born | (1927-12-14)14 December 1927[1] Brisbane,Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 December 2014(2014-12-11) (aged 86) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 14.5 st (92 kg)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Lock, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harold "Mick" Crocker (14 December 1927 – 11 December 2014) was an Australian professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. AnAustralia national andQueensland state representative back-row forward,[4] he played his club career in Brisbane withSouths[5] and in Sydney withParramatta.[citation needed]
After a successful career as a Queensland and then Australian international representative, in the 1954 pre-season Crocker signed a then-record one-season deal for an Australian to move south and play for Sydney clubParramatta in order to assist his family who had lost their home in a fire the previous year.[6] Parramatta finished the1954 NSWRFL season with the wooden spoon however. In the postseason Crocker was selected for theAustralian national team's campaign for the1954 Rugby League World Cup tournament, the first ever, which was held in France. Crocker didn't play in the Kangaroos' first match which was lost toGreat Britain, but was selected as a second-row forward for the second match againstNew Zealand which Australia won. He played in the third match againstFrance which the Australians lost, meaning they would fail to reach the final. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 278.[7] The following season was Crocker's last in the NSWRFL Premiership's first grade.[8]
In 2009 Crocker was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.[9]