Colin Meads: New Zealand rugby union player (1936-2017)
Sir Colin Earl Meads (3 June 1936 – 20 August 2017) was a New Zealand rugby union player, coach and manager.
He was born in Cambridge, New Zealand. He played 55 test matches (133 total games), most frequently in the lock forward position, for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks, from 1957 until 1971.
Colin Earl Meads | |
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 Meads in August 2015 | |
| Born | 3 June 1936 |
| Died | Te Kuiti, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealanders |
| Occupation(s) | Coach and manager |
Meads was widely considered one of the greatest players in history. Nicknamed 'Pinetree', he was an icon within New Zealand rugby, and was named the country's Player of the Century at the NZRFU Awards in 1999.
Meads died on 20 August 2017 in Te Kuiti, New Zealand of pancreatic cancer at the age of 81.
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