Perry Harris
Birth name | Perry Colin Harris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 January 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Feilding, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 8 August 2021 | (aged 75)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Papamoa, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 101 kg (223 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Feilding Agricultural High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Nathan Harris (first cousin twice removed) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Perry Colin Harris (11 January 1946 – 8 August 2021) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Harris represented Manawatu at a provincial level, and was called into the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, as a replacement on their 1976 tour of South Africa. He played four matches for the All Blacks including one international.[1]
Harris died in Papamoa on 8 August 2021, aged 75.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b Akers, Clive. "Perry Harris". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Heagney, George (10 August 2021). "Manawatū rugby legend and former All Black prop Perry Harris dies". Manawatū Standard. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
Categories:
- 1946 births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Feilding
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Manawatu rugby union players
- Rugby union props
- People educated at Feilding High School
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1940s birth stubs