Dave Solomon (rugby)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Solomon | |||||
| Born |
31 May 1913 Levuka, Fiji |
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| Died | 15 August 1997 (aged 84) Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||
| Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb) | |||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Fullback, first five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1934 | Waikato | |||||
| 1935 | Auckland | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1935–1936 | New Zealand | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Stand-off | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Auckland | ||||||
| 1939 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Dave Solomon (31 May 1913 – 15 August 1997) was a Fijian-born rugby football player who represented New Zealand in both rugby union (as a five-eighth and fullback) and rugby league. His brother Frank Solomon was also an All Black.
Solomon attended Mt Albert Grammar, and was in the 1st XV in 1931.
Playing with the Ponsonby rugby union club, Solomon moved south; playing for the Matamata sub-union 1932–43 and represented the Waikato Rugby Union in 1934 before moving back home and playing for Auckland 1935–38, in every back position except wing. He made the 1935 All Blacks tour and travelled with the squad to Great Britain, playing in eight tour matches in 1934–35 and scored 3 points (a try) for New Zealand.
In 1939 Solomon switched codes to play rugby league. He was named in the 1939–40 New Zealand Kiwis squad, however the tour was cut short by World War II.
After the war he returned to rugby union, and coached the East Coast Bays and Northcote clubs on the North Shore.
Solomon became a Samoan Matai. He died in Auckland on 15 August 1997.
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