DEATH OF AN "ALL BLACK” FOOTBALLER.—The late WILLIAM MACKRELL, of Auckland, whose death occurred last month following a brief illness, at the age of 32. Deceased was a member of the famous New Zealand Rugby football team which electrified the Old Country in 1905, while in 1907 he went Home with the New Zealand Northern Union team. Mackrell was regarded as one of the finest front row forwards in the Dominion, and his early death is universally regretted in football and athletic circles.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1423, 2 August 1917, Page 18

DEATH OF AN "ALL BLACK” FOOTBALLER.—The late WILLIAM MACKRELL, of Auckland, whose death occurred last month following a brief illness, at the age of 32. Deceased was a member of the famous New Zealand Rugby football team which electrified the Old Country in 1905, while in 1907 he went Home with the New Zealand Northern Union team. Mackrell was regarded as one of the finest front row forwards in the Dominion, and his early death is universally regretted in football and athletic circles.