14 Facts About Harold Horder

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Harold Norman Horder was an Australian rugby league player.

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Harold Horder was a national and state representative player whose club career was with South Sydney and North Sydney between 1912 and 1924.

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Harold Horder went on to be the NSW Rugby Football League's top try scorer in 1913,1914 and 1917 and for each of the four seasons 1913,1914,1918 and 1922 he was the League's top point scorer.

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The Gregory's reference records that, in the 1912 City Cup-tie against Glebe, Harold Horder induced the Souths selectors to name his relatively inexperienced brother Clarrie in the side.

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Harold Horder was selected to make his debut for Australia during the 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.

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Harold Horder scored 102 tries for South Sydney and 50 tries for North Sydney.

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Harold Horder scored 20 individual points in Norths' 1922 grand final win which consisted of 2 tries and 7 goals.

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In total, Harold Horder won 4 premierships, 2 with Souths in 1914 and 1918.

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Harold Horder then won 2 premierships with Norths in 1921 and 1922.

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In 1925, Harold Horder moved to the Brisbane rugby league club Coorparoo as their captain coach for two seasons after leaving Souths.

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Harold Horder appeared in an Australian film In the Last Stride.

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Harold Horder was inducted into the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame on 7 September 2004 at the Dally M Awards in Sydney.

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In 2004 Harold Horder was named by Souths in its South Sydney Dream Team, consisting of 17 players and a coach representing the club from 1908 through to 2004.

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In February 2008, Harold Horder was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players, that which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.