Ernie Hills

Ernie Hills
Personal information
Full name	Ernest Fraser Hills
Born	3 March 1930; Ōtāhuhu, Auckland, NZ
Died	7 October 2020 (aged 90)
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	wing
Representative
Rugby league
Position	Wing
Club

Ernest Fraser "Ernie" Hills (3 March 1930 – 7 October 2020)^[1] was a rugby union, and latterly rugby league, player who represented Australia.

Career

Hills, a wing, was born in Auckland, NZ and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia in 1950. He was a junior national sprint champion in New Zealand and represented Victoria at state level.^[3] He was considered a shock selection for the national team, with the team captain and coach Trevor Allan not knowing him before he was selected in the team.^[4]

In 1951 he returned to New Zealand and enlisted to serve in the Dominion Force in the Korean War.^[5]

Later in the 1950s he played rugby league in Australia for Western Suburbs.^[6]^{[better source needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ernest Fraser Hills". www.classicwallabies.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "ESPN Player Profile of Ernie Hills". en.espn.co.uk.
^ "State's winger in R.U. Test". The Argus. Melbourne. 14 August 1950. p. 11. Retrieved 18 September 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Shocks in side for first Test; The Sunday Herald Sporting Section (13 August 1950); p9
^ "Wallaby enlists for Korea". The Argus. Melbourne. 16 May 1951. p. 13. Retrieved 18 September 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "The Ernie "Nigger" Hills Story". Pratten Park Magpies. Retrieved 23 October 2018.