Graham Sims
Appearance
Birth name | Graham Scott Sims | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 25 June 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Featherston, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Wanganui Boys' College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Graham Scott Sims (born 25 June 1951) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A centre, Sims represented Otago and Canterbury at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1972, playing a single test match against the touring Australian team.[1]
He later served as New Zealand's trade commissioner and consul-general to Vietnam, based in Ho Chi Minh City.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Knight, Lindsay. "Graham Sims". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Caps for Burgess, Cullen". Manawatu Standard. 14 July 2010. p. 24.
- ^ "NZ community in Vietnam raises $100,000 for earthquake". Scoop Independent News. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
Categories:
- 1951 births
- Living people
- People from Featherston, New Zealand
- University of Otago alumni
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Otago rugby union players
- Canterbury rugby union players
- Rugby union centres
- New Zealand diplomats
- People educated at Whanganui City College
- Rugby union players from the Wellington Region
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1950s birth stubs