Eric Carson

Eric Carson is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in the 1968 World Cup.

Eric Carson
Personal information
Full nameEric Morris Carson
BornNew Zealand
Playing information
PositionScrum-half
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Glenora Bears
1971St. George (WRL)
Total00000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1962–19??Auckland
1968–70New Zealand40000
Source: [1]

Playing career

Carson played for the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League competition. He represented Auckland and was part of the sides that lost to France in 1964 and defeated Australia in 1969.[2] He won the Rothville Trophy in 1969 as the Auckland Rugby League's Player of the Year.[citation needed]

In 1968 he was selected in the New Zealand national rugby league team squad for the 1968 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. He again played for New Zealand in 1970 during the tour of Great Britain.[3]

In 1971 Carson moved to Wellington, joining St. George and captaining the club in the Wellington Rugby League competition.[4]

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