John Wagambie
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| Full name | John Pius Wagambie[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth, Lock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Pius Wagambie is Papua New Guinea Kumul (#14) and coached the Papua New Guinea Kumuls in the 1980s.[4]
Wagambie came to prominence in May 1977 when he captained Papua New Guinea in a historic 37–6 win against France.[5] A few weeks later, he had initially declared himself unavailable for the upcoming 1977 Pacific Cup, as he was training to become a police officer,[6] but was later selected after being granted leave by the police commissioner to play in the tournament.[7] Although the team failed to reach the final, Wagambie was named as the player of the tournament.[8] Later that year, he was also named as Papua New Guinea's Sportsman of The Year.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Todagia, Kelola; Kaniniba, Alfred (2011-02-07). "Former Kumul gunned down". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ "John Wagambie - Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- ^ "John Wagambie - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- ^ "Marum is Kumuls coach". Post Courier. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- ^ Anio, Pama (30 May 1977). "France thrashed by underdogs". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. p. 20 – via Trove.
- ^ "Wagambie puts job before tour". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 17 June 1977. p. 56 – via Trove.
- ^ "Tour selection upsets Tigers coach". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 1 September 1977. p. 24 – via Trove.
- ^ "League cup to Maoris". The Press. Christchurch. 30 September 1977. p. 28 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Wagambie top sportsman". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 8 December 1977. p. 24 – via Trove.
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