Mike Patton (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Patrick Patton | |||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | stand-off | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 19??–1985 | Mangere East Hawks | |||||
| 1986 | Manukau Magpies | |||||
| 1987–19?? | Glenora Bears | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Auckland | ||||||
| 1990–1991 | New Zealand | |||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Michael Patrick "Mike" Patton[1] is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country in six Test matches, including matches that counted towards the 1992 World Cup.
Playing career
Patton originally played for the Mangere East Hawks in the Auckland Rugby League competition and won the Lipscombe Cup in 1985 as the ARL's sportsman of the year. Patton spent the 1986 season with the Manukau Magpies.[2] An Auckland representative, Patton again won the Lipscombe Cup in 1987, although by this time he was playing for the Glenora Bears.
He was called up into the New Zealand in 1990 and played in six Test matches, coming off the bench in all of them.
In 1992 he won the Rothville Trophy as the ARL player of the year.
Later years
Patton went on to become a self-made millionaire.[3]
References
- ↑ PATTON, Michael Patrick 1990 - 91 - Kiwi #625 nzleague.co.nz
- ↑ 1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.101
- ↑ Lonergan, Dean (4 April 2008). "Dean Lonergan: More guts please". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2011.