Geoff Old
Appearance
Birth name | Geoffrey Haldane Old | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 22 January 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Eltham, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | New Plymouth Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Haldane Old (born 22 January 1956) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. Predominantly a number eight, Old represented Taranaki briefly and then Manawatu at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1980 to 1983. He played 17 matches for the All Blacks including three internationals. He later coached the Dutch national side between 1997 and 1999.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Akers, Clive. "Geoff Old". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
Simon Old, All White son of All Black Geoff Old
Categories:
- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Eltham, New Zealand
- People educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Taranaki rugby union players
- Manawatu rugby union players
- Rugby union number eights
- New Zealand rugby union coaches
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate rugby union coaches
- Netherlands national rugby union team coaches
- Rugby union players from Taranaki
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1950s birth stubs