{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Hans Mork |fullname = Hans Eric Mork |image = File:Hans_Mork_1930.jpg |caption = Hans Mork |birth_date = 1909 |birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa |death_date = {{death date and age|1960|01|22|1909|df=y}} |death_place = Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia |retired = yes | club1 = Newtown | year1start = 1929 | year1end = 31 | appearances1 = 40 | tries1 = 9 | goals1 = 2 | fieldgoals1 = 0 | points1 = 31 | club2 = Wests Newcastle | year2start = 1932 | year2end = | appearances2 = | tries2 = | goals2 = | fieldgoals2 = | points2 = | club3 = Newtown | year3start = 1933 | year3end = 34 | appearances3 = 17 | tries3 = 2 | goals3 = 0 | fieldgoals3 = 0 | points3 = 6 | club4 = Goulburn | year4start = 1934 | year4end = | appearances4 = | tries4 = | goals4 = | fieldgoals4 = | points4 = | club5 = Newtown | year5start = 1935 | year5end = 37 | appearances5 = 16 | tries5 = 5 | goals5 = 5 | fieldgoals5 = 0 | points5 = 25 | teamA = New South Wales | yearAstart = 1935 | yearAend = 36 | appearancesA = 3 | triesA = 2 | goalsA = 0 | fieldgoalsA = 0 | pointsA = 6 | teamB = NSW City | yearBstart = 1933 | yearBend = | appearancesB = 1 | triesB = 0 | goalsB = 0 | fieldgoalsB = 0 | pointsB = 0 | teamC = NSW Country | yearCstart = 1934 | yearCend = | appearancesC = 2 | triesC = 0 | goalsC = 0 | fieldgoalsC = 0 | pointsC = 0 }}
'''Hans Eric Mork''' (1909 – 22 January 1960)<ref name=RLP /> was a South African-born Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played in Sydney for the Newtown club (with whom he won the 1933 NSWRFL Premiership), as well as in Newcastle for the Western Suburbs club and elsewhere in country New South Wales.
==Background== Mork was born in Cape Town, South Africa.<ref name=RLP />
==Playing career== Mork was one of four brothers to play for Newtown.<ref name=RLP>{{cite web|title=Hans Mork|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/hans-mork/summary.html|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates.|access-date=24 September 2014}}</ref> He was graded with the club in 1927 and made it to first grade two years later.
He played eight seasons with Newtown between 1929 and 1938 with a few country captain-coach seasons in between. He was captain-coach of the Newcastle Rugby League's Western Suburbs club in 1932.<ref>{{cite web|title=1931 - 1935|url=http://www.westrosellas.com.au/page16406/1931--1935.aspx|website=westrosellas.com.au|publisher=West Rosellas|access-date=24 September 2014}}</ref> Mork represented N.S.W. Country Firsts in 1934 whilst playing for Goulburn but returned to Newtown the following season.
Mork won a premiership with Newtown in 1933 and became club captain in 1935. Mork also played in Newtown's 1929 grand final loss against South Sydney.<ref>Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson. Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players (1995) {{ISBN|1875169571}}</ref> Mork retired with immediate effect in April 1937.<ref>{{cite news|date=21 April 1937|page=20|title=Hans Mork Announces Retirement|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247121382|via=Trove}}</ref>
==Death== Mork was killed in a car accident on 22 January 1960.<ref>Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 23/1/1960</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Newtown squad - 1933 NSWRFL premiers}}
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