Jim Wylie

James Thomas Wylie (26 October 1887 – 19 December 1956) was a New Zealand rugby union player, who represented both the country of his birth and Australia. He went on to coach the Stanford University rugby team for over 30 years from 1917.

Jim Wylie

Birth name	James Thomas Wylie
Date of birth	26 October 1887
Place of birth	Galatea, New Zealand
Date of death	19 December 1956 (aged 69)
Place of death	Palo Alto, California, USA
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
University	Auckland University College Stanford University
Occupation(s)	Fruit wholesaler and exporter
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose forward All Black No. 185 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1910 1911–12 1913 Auckland New South Wales Auckland 6 4 6 () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1912 1913 Australia New Zealand 0 2 (0) (3) Teams coached Years Team 1917–48 Stanford University

Born in Galatea in 1887, Wylie was a tall man at 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in), and played as a loose forward. He first represented Auckland in 1910, playing six matches, before moving to Sydney for the next two years. There he made four appearances for New South Wales against Queensland, and in 1912 he was a member of the Australian team that toured North America.[1][2] Because of injury he only made four appearances on that tour, and did not play in the international against the United States.[3] Wylie returned to New Zealand in 1913, making a further six appearances for Auckland, and being selected as a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks. He played an international against Australia in Wellington and then was a part of the tour of North America. He played in 11 matches on that tour, including the test against the United States, in which he scored a try.[1]

Wylie remained in the United States after the tour, and studied engineering at Stanford University, where he turned out for the university rugby team.[3][4] In 1917, he became the Stanford rugby head coach, and continued in that role until at least 1948.[5]

References

1. Knight, Lindsay. "Jim Wylie". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
2. Australian Rugby Team (Touring America), 1912, The Daily Telegraph, (Wednesday, 18 September 1912), p.15.
3. "James Wylie". Australian Rugby. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
4. "Football in America". The Sun. 27 December 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
5. Jones, Crayton (2 February 1948). "Wylie at rugby helm since '17". The Stanford Daily. p. 3. Retrieved 19 December 2015.