Bill Paten
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| Full name | Walter Arnet Paten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 September 1896 Ipswich, QLD, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 June 1991 (aged 94) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walter Arnet Paten (2 September 1896 – 20 June 1991) was an Australian rugby league player.
Biography
[edit]A winger, Paten was a good all–round player, equally at home in attack and defence. He spent most of his career playing in his native Ipswich and was a regular fixture in the Queensland side for over a decade.[1]
Paten represented Queensland from 1918 to 1928. He was in the first Queensland team to register a win over New South Wales and helped them to eight consecutive victories over their rival state in the early 1920s.[2]
The third Ipswich product to play for Australia, Paten made his international debut in 1919 against New Zealand in Christchurch. His second and final cap came much later, in 1924 against Great Britain at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground, with his try helping secure a 21–11 win.[3]
Paten was later a coach and judiciary member in Mackay and has the Mackay & District Rugby League award for the best and fairest player named after him, to recognise a 50–year contribution to rugby league in the city.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Former International Footballer". Queensland Times. 25 February 1944. p. 2 – via Trove.
- ^ "Rugby league history: The all-time great alphabet teams – Letter P". The Roar. 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Rugby League". The Toowoomba Chronicle And Darling Downs Gazette. 14 July 1924. p. 9 – via Trove.
- ^ "Medal caps off stellar season". The Courier-Mail. 11 September 2006.
External links
[edit]- Bill Paten at Rugby League Project