Colin Meads
New Zealand rugby union player (1936-2017) · New Zealand · On the map · Athletes · Died at 81
Sir Colin Earl Meads was a New Zealand rugby union player. He played 55 test matches, most frequently in the lock forward position, for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks, from 1957 until 1971.
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2017Died20 August 20172014World Rugby Hall of FameAward2009Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of MeritAward2000Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of MeritAward1971Member of the Order of the British EmpireAward1936Born3 June 1936
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ClubYears
New Zealand1957-1971
King Country Rugby Football Union1955-1972
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New Zealand
Category
Athletes
Type
Athlete
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1936 to 2017 · aged 81
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Tana UmagaAlso at New Zealand national rugby union team
Sevu ReeceAlso at New Zealand national rugby union team
Hugh AndersonBoth received New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
Bryan WilliamsBoth received New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
Bruce McLarenBoth received New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
Edmund HillaryBoth received New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame