Alistair Soper

Alistair Soper

Birth name	Alistair John Soper
Date of birth	(1936-09-07)7 September 1936
Place of birth	Invercargill, New Zealand
Date of death	16 June 2020(2020-06-16) (aged 83)
Place of death	Invercargill, New Zealand
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
School	Waitaki Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1954–59, 61–66 Southland 103 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1957 New Zealand 0 (0)

Alistair John "Ack" Soper (7 September 1936 – 16 June 2020) was a New Zealand rugby union player.

A number eight, Soper represented Southland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1957 tour of Australia. He played eight matches for the All Blacks on that tour, but did not appear in any internationals. He served as president of the Southland Rugby Union in 1985.

Soper played for the English club Blackheath in the 1960–61 season.

Soper died in Invercargill on 16 June 2020, aged 83.