Personal details
Full Name:
- Colin Earl Meads
Lifetime:
- 3 Jun 1936–
Biography
Colin Meads
In 1999 Colin Meads was named as New Zealand's Player of the Century and the International Rugby Hall of Fame rated him ‘the most famous forward in world rugby throughout the 1960s.’
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3 June 1936Colin 'Pinetree' Meads bornThe legendary All Black lock was a physically tough, uncompromising player. Rugby writer Lindsay Knight described Colin Meads as New Zealand's equivalent of Australia's Sir Donald Bradman or American Babe Ruth as a sporting legend. Read more...
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