A two time South Sydney premiership winner in 1914 and 1918, and played in the 1924 premiership decider. Horder also won the 1912 and 1924 City Cups. In 1919 Horder won the fastest man in Rugby League race at the SCG. Horder, in 1913, 1914 and 1918 was the NSWRL leading point scorer. In 1913, 1914 and 1917 he was the NSWRL leading try scorer. In 1914 Horder became South Sydney's greatest try and point scorer after surpasing Arthur McCabe, a record he would hold until 1929.
Horder was a junior professional runner.
Horder had remarkable ability, unsurpased quickness off the mark, exeptional pace running with the ball, an elusive swerve, unapproached side-step at top speed. He also had sure handling and accurate kicking. Horder was in a class of himself.
Player Relatives
Brother - Horder, Clarrie
Brother - Horder, Roy
Playing - Height / Weight
5ft 6in(168cm) / 10st 8lb(67kg)
Representative Qualification
NSW City
Date of Birth
Surry Hills - 23rd February 1894 (Died - 1978)
South Sydney Junior Club
South Sydney Kinkora
South Sydney Federals
Previous Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
South Sydney Kinkora
South Sydney Federals 2G (1912)
Military Service (1914) (Navy Reserves)
North Sydney (1920-23) 59 64 92 - 376
Previous Rep Honours M T G FG Pt
NSW City (1920) 1 3 3 - 15
New South Wales (1920-23) 12 17 8 - 67
Australia (1920-22) 7 3 2 - 13
Kangaroos (1922) 1 3 3 - 15
Playing Career at South Sydney
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1912 Rd14 v Glebe (18y 183d)
First Grade
Premiership : City Cup : Aust Championship : Tour
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1912 1 1 - 1 1 - 5 : 3 3 - 4 11 - 34
1913 12 12 - 13+ 12 1 65+: - - - - - - -
1914 13 13 - 19+ 16 - 89+: 3 3 - 3 4 - 17 : : - - - - - - -
1915 12 12 - 8 23 - 70 : 1 1 - 1 - - 3
1916 8 8 - 7 3 - 27 : - - - - - - - : : 1 1 - 2 1 - 8
1917 10 10 - 17+ - - 51 : 3 3 - 6 - - 18
1918 13 13 - 21 12 - 87+: 1 1 - 1 1/3 - 5 : 1 1 - 2 1 - 8 : 2 2 - 2 - - 6
1919 8 8 - 9 1 - 29 : 1 1 - - - - -
1924 9 9 - 7 9 - 39 : 7 7 - 7 6 - 33 : : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 86 86 - 102 77 1 462 : 19 19 - 22 22 - 110 : 1 1 - 2 1 - 8 : 3 3 - 4 1 - 14
SS Cup 20 20 - 24 23 - 118
SS FG 109 109 - 130 101 1 594
+ - Top NSWRL Try / Pointscorer
Short Form
Short-Game Knockout
M S R T G/A FG Pts
1915 - - - - - - -
TOTAL - - - - - - -
SS SF - - - - - - -
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
South Sydney First Grade Captaincy Debut
1924 Rd06 v Norths
First Grade
Year Premiership( W- D-L %) : Other( W- D-L %)
1924 4( 4- 0-0 100%) : 1( 1- 0-0 100%)
TOTAL 5( 5- 0-0 100%) :
SS CAREER 5( 5- 0-0 100%)
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE 1917 Rd08 FG Wests
Player Awards
Year Award 1933 - NSWRL Life Membership 1938 - RL News Greatest Australian Team (Wing) 1952 - Rugby League News Immortal 1967 - South Sydney Life Membership 1978 - ARL Top 40 Greatest Players 1992 - Rugby League Week Dream Team (Wing) 1992 - Rugby League Week Top 100 (#12) 1996 - Randwick Council Hall of Fame 2003 - ARL Greatest Kangaroo Tourists 2004 - ARL Hall of Fame 2004 - International RL Hall of Fame 2004 - South Sydney Dream Team 2008 - South Sydney Juniors Team of the Century
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Domestic CvC / Interstate : Tourists : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Sydney Metropolis 1913-15 : 1 1 - 2 - - 6 : 4 4 - 10 10 - 50
New South Wales 1913-24 6 6 - 17 15 - 81 : 9 9 - 18 9 - 72 : 8 8 - 15 5 - 55
Possibles 1924 : : 1 1 - 1 2 - 7
TOTAL 29 29 - 63 41 - 271
International Internationals : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Australia 1914-24 7 7 - 9 8 - 43 : 2 2 - 3 - - 9
TOTAL 9 9 - 12 8 - 52
ALL REPS 38 38 - 75 49 - 323
Captaincy CvC/Interstate/Internationals : Tourists : Other
M( W- D-L %) : M( W- D-L %) : M( W- D-L %)
New South Wales 1924 3( 0- 0-3 0%) : 2( 1- 0-1 50%) : 3( 2- 0-1 67%)
TOTAL 8( 3- 0-5 38%)
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1913 Cntr Sydney Metropolis v Newcastle 2 - -
1913 Cntr Sydney Metropolis v Hunter 3 -/1 -
1913 New South Wales (New Zealand Tour Squad)
1913 Wing New South Wales v Taranki Tour Match - 1 -
1913 Wing New South Wales v Rotorua Tour Match 3 1 -
1913 Cntr New South Wales v New Zealand 5th Match 2 1 -
1913 Cntr New South Wales v Wanganui Tour Match 3 2 -
1913 Cntr New South Wales v Wellington Tour Match 3 - -
1913 Cntr New South Wales v New Zealand 6th Match 5 - -
1913 Cntr New South Wales v Nelson Tour Match 3 1 -
1914 Wing Sydney Metropolis v England Tour Match 2 - -
1914 Wing New South Wales v England 1st Match 3 - -
1914 Wing Australia v England 1st Test - - -
1914 Res Australia v England 2nd Test (Selected but DNP)
1915 Wing Sydney Metropolis v Newcastle 1st Match 3 4 -
1915 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match 5 8 -
1915 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match 5 7/8 -
1915 Wing Sydney Metropolis v Newcastle 3rd Match 2 6 -
1917 Wing New South Wales v Kangaroos (Withdrew due to injury)
1919 Wing New South Wales v New Zealand 1st Match 3 3 -
1919 Wing New South Wales v New Zealand 2nd Match 1 2 -
1919 Wing New South Wales v New Zealand 3rd Match 2 2 -
1919 Wing New South Wales v New Zealand 4th Match 2 - -
1919 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match 2 - -
1919 Wing Australia v New Zealand 1st Test 2 - -
1919 Wing Australia v New Zealand 2nd Test 2 2 -
1919 Wing Australia v New Zealand 3rd Test 2 5 -
1919 Wing Australia v New Zealand 4th Test 3 1 -
1919 Wing Australia v Auckland Tour Match - - -
1919 Wing Australia v Wellingon Tour Match 3 - -
1924 Cntr New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match 2 - - (c) L
1924 Cntr New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match 1 - - (c) L
1924 Cntr New South Wales v England 1st Match - 1 - (c) L
1924 Cntr New South Wales v England 2nd Match - - - (c) W
1924 Cntr Australia v England 1st Test - - -
1924 Wing Australia v England 2nd Test - - -
1924 Wing Possibles v Probables 3rd Match 1 2 -
1924 Wing New South Wales v Cnrtl-Nthrn NSW Qld Tour 2 1 - (c) W
1924 Wing New South Wales v Ipswich Qld Tour 1 - - (c) W
1924 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 3rd Match 2 - - (c) L
1924 Wing New South Wales v Toowoomba Qld Tour - - - (c) L
After Leaving South Sydney
Subsequent Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
Coorparoo-Bris (1925-26) 19 15 23 - 91 (Captain-Coach)
Subsequent Rep Honours M T G FG Pt
Brisbane (1925-26) 5 2 4 1 16
Queensland (1925) 1 1 3 - 9
After retiring as a player, Harold Horder would coach Coorparoo as a non-player coach in 1926-27. In 1928 he became a referee / linesman in Brisbane.
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