Wilfred Thomson Hassan (9 February 1910 – 10 September 1967) was a rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in 1932 in a test match against England thus becoming Kiwi #221.

[2] His father, Colin, had a number of occupations including iron roller (Glasgow), Canadian soldier (WW1), painter (Sydney Nova Scotia), mechanic and bricklayer (Auckland NZ).

Wilfred was raised by his grandparents, Jane Kingswell and John Thomas Hassan with financial support from his father.

In the 1911 Canadian census their residence in June was recorded as "Dominion No 6 Polling District No 11, Cape Breton South, Nova Scotia, Canada".

[5] In 1921, Wilfred moved to New Zealand with his grandmother, Jane Hassan, arriving in Auckland on board the Niagara on 28 May 1921, from Vancouver.

[6] Wilfred Hassan was educated at Sacred Heart College on Richmond Road in Ponsonby (before it later relocated to Glendowie in 1955).

He was heavily involved in sports while at the school, placing highly in athletic events such as running, long jump and shot put, while also boxing successfully as a welterweight.

Following their semi final Roope Rooster win over City Rovers it was said of Hassan that he "served his backs well.

[22] Auckland played 2 matches during the season but Hassan was unable to break into the side with current New Zealand players Frank Delgrosso, Tim Peckham, Stan Prentice and Allan Seagar all ahead of him in the halfback and standoff positions.

[23] He was selected again as an emergency player, this time however for Auckland in their 23 August match with the New Zealand side who were returning from their tour of Australia.

Riley and Brady had to leave the field injured early and Hassan took the latter's place to make his Auckland debut.

[27] It was reported that he "justified his selection as half, and, besides showing up for several fine dashes from the base of the scrum, combined sweetly with his club mate, Brisbane.

[28] They totally outplayed their opposing halves, Johnny Dodds, and McKewen and "it was a simple matter for Brisbane and Hassan to beat the visitors’ five eighths" while he also "over-shadowed Masters" who was the South Island halfback.

[39] Then following their round 8 match with Ponsonby it was reported in the New Zealand Herald that "few players in the code have been so unfortunate with regard to injuries as Hassan.

[41] It was part of a series of trial matches to assist the New Zealand selectors in choosing their test side to play England.

[53] Two weeks later on 3 September Hassan was back playing for Marist in the semi-final Roope Rooster win over Devonport.

The players concerned including Hassan, along with Charles Dunne, Des Herring, Gordon Campbell, the 3 Schultz brothers (Len, Bill and John), and Claude List.

It was found legally essential to hold the annual meeting over again in order to correct previous unconstitutional procedure.

Apparently this caused the eight players mentioned to attempt to embarrass the club by adopting an attitude of passive resistance.

[70] The Herald reported "In the backs W. Hassan, playing his first game of rugby since leaving college, was outstanding, his strong running being a feature.

[79] He had been suspended by the Marist club prior to him leaving them the previous season however they uplifted the suspension and his transfer to Mount Albert was confirmed on 1 May.

Hassan appeared in both matches which saw Auckland win 39–27 over Wellington and 26–13 over Canterbury at Monica Park in Christchurch.

The following season Hassan was back in form and won the Auckland Championship for the second time beating Harold Neale.

[101] He was only behind by a narrow margin however in the final section he "failed in performing the running neat-header from the high board, losing several points".

[103]During 1933 he won the Open Dive at the Ponsonby Swimming Carnival on 24 January in front of 1,000 spectators at the Tepid Baths.

[104] Then on 4 February he regained his Auckland Championship diving title after winning the final section for the high board at the Mount Eden Baths.

[115] The New Zealand championships were to be held in Auckland in 1935 at the "eastern tide deflector" due to the lack of a single venue for both springboard and high board competition.

Catherine was the younger sister of Joe Sayegh a prominent New Zealand politician and businessman who had emigrated from Lebanon via Sydney, Australia.

[120][121] The 1935 Electoral Roll recorded him as living at 15 Beaconsfield Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland with his occupation as "engineer".

[124] Wilfred remarried at some point to Daisy Louisa and they had a daughter, Louise Suzanne Hassan, who died at the age of 3 months.