Record

CodeDS/UK/2611
Dates1936-2017
Person NameMeads; Sir; Colin Earl (1936-2017); New Zealand rugby union player
SurnameMeads
ForenamesColin Earl
PreTitleSir
EpithetNew Zealand rugby union player
ActivityLock, played for King Country, North Island, Presidents XV and New Zealand (1957-1971, 55 caps, 21 points, 11 Tests as captain). All Black number 583. New Zealand Rugby, councillor, 1992-1996, NZ selector 1986, NZ, manager, 1994-1995, New Zeakland Rugby, life member 2007, recipient of Steinlager Salver for outstanding service to rugby 1999, inducted into International Rugby Hall of Fame 1997 and voted NZ rugby player of the century in 1999. Knighted in 2009.
RelationshipsBrother of Stanley Thomas 'Stan'' Meads (b.1938), New Zealand rugby union player, q.v.
Dates and PlacesBorn 3 June 1936, Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand, died 20 August 2017, Te Kuiti, Waikato.
Archive Catalogue
RefNoTitle
BML/2/12/8Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus New Zealand, Murrayfield, 18 January 1964.
BML/2/12/9Big sheet and bundle, France versus New Zealand, Paris, 8 February 1964
BML/3/5/6Big sheet and bundle, New Zealand versus Scotland, Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, 11 June 1995.
BML/7/7Big sheet and bundle, England versus Rugby Football Union President's Overseas XV, Twickenham, 17 April 1971.
BML/3/5/8Big sheet and bundle, England versus New Zealand, Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, 18 June 1995.
BML/3/5/10Big sheet, South Africa versus New Zealand, Ellis Park, Johannesburg, 24 June 1995
BML/2/12/10Big sheet and bundle, Midlands, London & Home Counties versus New Zealand, Leicester, 28 October 1967.
BML/2/12/15Big sheet and bundle, Barbarian F.C. versus New Zealand, Twickenham, 16 December 1967.
BML/2/12/11Big sheet and bundle, England versus New Zealand, Twickenham, 4 November 1967.
BML/2/12/12Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus New Zealand, Cardiff Arms Park, 11 November 1967.
BML/2/12/5Big sheet and bundle, New Zealand versus South of Scotland, Mansfield Park, Hawick, 16 November 1963
BML/2/12/14Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus New Zealand, Murrayfield, 2 December 1967.
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