Larry Savage (rugby union)
Birth name | Lawrence Theodore Savage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 17 February 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nelson, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 27 September 2013 | (aged 85)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Nelson College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Canterbury University College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Civil engineer[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lawrence Theodore Savage (17 February 1928 – 27 September 2013) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A half-back, Savage represented Canterbury (while a student at Canterbury University College),[2] Wellington and Bush at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1949. He played 12 matches for the All Blacks including three internationals.[3]
Savage was educated at Nelson College from 1941 to 1945.[4] He died in 2013.[5] He died in Lower Hutt on 27 September 2013,[3] and his ashes were buried at Taita Lawn Cemetery.[6]
References[]
- ^ Pencarrow: Electoral District 56. Wainuiomata: Registrar of Electors. 1981. p. 81.
- ^ https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-press/20131019/282209418588049
- ^ a b Knight, Lindsay. "Larry Savage". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition
- ^ "Sporting stars gone but not forgotten in 2013". stuff.co.nz. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^ "Record Details: Lawrence Theodore SAVAGE". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
Categories:
- 1928 births
- 2013 deaths
- People educated at Nelson College
- University of Canterbury alumni
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- New Zealand civil engineers
- Rugby union players from Nelson, New Zealand
- Canterbury rugby union players
- Wellington rugby union players
- Bush rugby union players
- Burials at Taita Lawn Cemetery
- New Zealand rugby union biography stubs