Mick Williment
Birth name | Michael Williment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 25 February 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 5 September 1994 | (aged 54)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rongotai College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Victoria University of Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Marc Ellis (nephew)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Travel company proprietor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Williment (25 February 1940 – 5 September 1994) was a New Zealand rugby union and cricket player, and co-founder of sports tour company Williment World Travel.
Rugby union
[edit]A fullback, Williment represented Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1964 to 1967. He played nine matches for the All Blacks, all of them internationals.[2]
Cricket
[edit]Williment was also a promising cricketer. A right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman, he played for the Wellington under-20 side in the 1958–59 and 1959-60 seasons.[1]
Personal and business life
[edit]Williment married Rosemary Leonora Frances Ellis, the daughter of Cyclax (New Zealand) general manager John Clifford Gwynne Ellis, and together the couple established Williment World Travel, a sports tour company, in 1968.[3][4] Williment died from cancer in Wellington in 1994,[2][3] and was buried at Taitā Lawn Cemetery.[5] Rosemary Williment continued to run the travel business until 2001, when she sold the company to senior management. She had remarried lawyer Warren Allen in 1998, and died in 2012.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mick Williment at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- ^ a b Knight, Lindsay. "Mick Williment". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ a b c Donoghue, Tim (19 May 2012). "Businesswoman pioneered travel services for All Black fans". Dominion Post. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ "Personal notes". Evening Post. 31 May 1941. p. 11. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ "Record Details: Michael Williment". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- 1940 births
- 1994 deaths
- Rugby union players from Wellington City
- Cricketers from Wellington City
- People educated at Rongotai College
- Victoria University of Wellington alumni
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Wellington rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- New Zealand cricketers
- 20th-century New Zealand businesspeople
- Burials at Taitā Lawn Cemetery