Graeme Higginson
Appearance
Birth name | Graeme Higginson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 December 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rangiora, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rangiora High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Nelson Dalzell (father-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Farmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Graeme Higginson (born 14 December 1954) is a New Zealand former rugby union player. A lock, Higginson represented Canterbury and Hawke's Bay at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1980 to 1983. He played 20 matches for the All Blacks including six internationals. He captained the All Blacks in one match, against Australian Universities in 1980.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Knight, Lindsay. "Graeme Higginson". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Canterbury rugby union players
- Dalzell-Whitelock family
- Hawke's Bay rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- People educated at Rangiora High School
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby union players from Rangiora
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1950s birth stubs