Bob Neilson

Robert John "Bob" Neilson (9 August 1923 – 14 October 2014) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.

Bob Neilson

Personal information
Full name	Robert John Neilson
Born	(1923-08-09)9 August 1923 Reefton, New Zealand
Died	14 October 2014(2014-10-14) (aged 91)
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P West Coast 1952–53 New Zealand 3 2 0 0 6
Source: [1]

Playing career

Born in Reefton in 1923, Neilson played for West Coast at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1952 and 1953.^[1]

He toured Australia with New Zealand in 1952 but didn't appear in the test matches. However, he appeared in all three tests in the 1953 series against the Kangaroos in New Zealand, scoring the match-winning and series-clinching try in a 12–11 victory in the second test in Wellington.^[2]