Pat Walsh (rugby union)

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Pat Walsh
Birth namePatrick Timothy Walsh
Date of birth(1936-05-06)6 May 1936
Place of birthKaitaia, New Zealand
Date of death23 November 2007(2007-11-23) (aged 71)
Place of deathAuckland, New Zealand
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
SchoolSacred Heart College
UniversityArdmore Teachers' College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Utility back
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Auckland
Counties
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International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1955–63 New Zealand 13 (12)

Patrick Timothy Walsh (6 May 1936 – 23 November 2007) was a New Zealand rugby union player and selector. He played 13 Tests and 14 other games for the All Blacks from 1955 to 1964. He also played for New Zealand Māori in 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959 1961, captaining the side on its 1958 tour to Australia, against the British Lions in 1959 and against the French in 1961. He was an All Black selector from 1969 to 1971.[1]

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Awards
Preceded by Tom French Memorial
Māori rugby union player of the year

1955
1958
Succeeded by
Preceded by Succeeded by