Rex Orr
Appearance
Birth name | Rex William Orr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 June 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gore, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 September 2011 | (aged 88)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Gore High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | RNZAF pilot Physical education teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rex William Orr (19 June 1923 – 1 September 2011) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A fullback, Orr represented Otago and Auckland at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1949, playing a single international match against Australia.[1]
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Categories:
- 1923 births
- 2011 deaths
- People from Gore, New Zealand
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Otago rugby union players
- Auckland rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- People educated at Gore High School
- Rugby union players from the Southland Region
- New Zealand rugby union biography stubs