{{Short description|Australia & NZ international rugby union player (1887–1956)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Jim Wylie | honorific-suffix = | image = | caption = | birth_name = James Thomas Wylie | birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|10|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Galatea, New Zealand | death_place = Palo Alto, California, USA | death_date = {{Death date and age|1956|12|19|1887|10|26|df=yes}} | position = Loose forward | height = {{convert|1.90|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|87|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | repteam1 = {{nrut|Australia}} | repteam2 = {{nrut|New Zealand}} | repyears1 = 1912 | repyears2 = 1913 | repcaps1 = 0 | repcaps2 = 2 | reppoints1 = 0 | reppoints2 = 3 | province1 = {{Rut|Auckland}} | province2 = New South Wales | province3 = {{Rut|Auckland}} | provinceyears1 = 1910 | provinceyears2 = 1911–12 | provinceyears3 = 1913 | provinceapps1 = 6 | provinceapps2 = 4 | provinceapps3 = 6 | provincepoints1 = | coachyears1 = 1917–48 | coachteams1 = Stanford University | occupation = Fruit wholesaler and exporter | university = Auckland University College<br>Stanford University }}
'''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.
Born in Galatea in 1887, Wylie was a tall man at {{convert|1.90|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}, and played as a loose forward. He first represented {{Rut|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.<ref name="AB profile">{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=991 |title = Jim Wylie | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 19 December 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239177493 Australian Rugby Team (Touring America), 1912, ''The Daily Telegraph'', (Wednesday, 18 September 1912), p.15.]</ref> Because of injury he only made four appearances on that tour, and did not play in the international against the United States.<ref name="Wallaby profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.rugby.com.au/wallabies/TheTeam/WallabiesProfilePage.aspx?pid=1309 |title=James Wylie |date= |website= |publisher=Australian Rugby |accessdate=19 December 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref name="AB profile"/>
Wylie remained in the United States after the tour, and studied engineering at Stanford University, where he turned out for the university rugby team.<ref name="Wallaby profile"/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=SUNCH19151227.2.9 | title=Football in America | date=27 December 1915 | work=The Sun | accessdate=19 December 2015 | page=3}}</ref> In 1917, he became the Stanford rugby head coach, and continued in that role until at least 1948.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19480202-01.2.49 | title=Wylie at rugby helm since '17 | date=2 February 1948 | work=The Stanford Daily | accessdate=19 December 2015 | page=3 | first=Crayton | last=Jones}}</ref>
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