Stan Walters (rugby league)

Stan Walters was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.

Stan Walters

Personal information
Full name	Stanley Charles Walters
Born	5 December 1889 New Zealand
Died	26 May, 1980 (aged 90)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1911–20 North Shore 64 30 2 0 94 1916 City Combined side 1 0 0 0 0 1921 City Rovers (Waik.) 1 0 0 0 0 1926 United (Waik.) 7 2 0 0 6 Total 73 32 2 0 100 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1913–20 Auckland 16 8 3 0 30 1913–21 New Zealand 31 12 0 0 36 1921 Hamilton & Cambridge 1 0 0 0 0 1921–26 Hamilton 4 0 0 0 0 1926 Waikato 1 0 0 0 0
Source: As of 19 December 2020

Playing career

Walters played for the North Shore club and represented Auckland.

He made his debut for New Zealand in 1913 on their tour of Australia. No test matches were played on the tour. Walters made his test debut against the 1914 touring Great Britain Lions.

After the war Walters resumed his New Zealand career, playing for the side between 1919 and 1921.

The 1919 New Zealand team to tour New South Wales and Queensland. Stan Walters is in the back row on the left.

In 1920 he captained New Zealand in a three match test series against Great Britain.

In 1921 he moved into the Waikato region and was involved in coaching and playing up until 1926. He in fact joined the local competition that season as a player and after an appearance for the City Rovers side based in Hamilton was selected for the New Zealand tour of Australia. The newly formed South Auckland league presented him with a medal for being the first ever South Auckland player to be selected for a New Zealand tour.