Stan Hill

Tiny Hill

Player information
Full name	Stanley Frank Hill
birthday	April 9, 1927
place of birth	New Plymouth , New Zealand
date of death	2nd October 2019
size	188 cm
Nickname	Tiny
society
society	Career ended
position	Second row striker Winger number eight
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
	Burnham Army Christchurch FC
province
province	Career ended
position	Second row striker Winger number eight
Provinces as active
Years	province	Games (points)
1951-1960	Canterbury RFU
1961–1962	Counties of Manukau RU
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1955-1959	New Zealand	11 (0)

Stanley Frank Tiny Hill MBE (born April 9, 1927 in New Plymouth , New Zealand - † October 2, 2019 ) was a New Zealand rugby union player on the position of second-line striker , winger and number eight . Outside of active rugby, he was a professional soldier in the New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF).

After his return from Japan , where he was stationed as a soldier from 1948 to 1949, he began his career in top rugby with a selection team from the New Zealand armed forces. In 1951 he was appointed to the provincial selection of the Canterbury RFU . With her he was able to win the Ranfurly Shield in 1953 against the Wellington RFU , and then defend it in 23 games until 1956. This was followed in 1954 by an appointment to the South Island national team .

Because of his achievements, Hill was nominated in 1955 for the New Zealand national team (All Blacks) in their third and final game against the Australian national team (Wallabies) touring New Zealand . Although the All Blacks lost this game 3-8, they were able to defend the Bledisloe Cup successfully, having won the previous two internationals.

He achieved his greatest triumph in rugby a year later, when he won the international series with the All Blacks against the South African national team (Springboks) touring New Zealand . It was the first defeat of the Springboks in an international series at all. The New Zealanders won three of their four internationals and lost one. Hill played in the three games the New Zealanders won. He also managed a victory over the Springboks with Canterbury, but lost with the selection team of the New Zealand Māori disastrously with 0:37 against the South Africans. So devastating was the defeat that in 2010 allegations were raised that then-Minister for Māori Affairs Ernest Corbett had urged players to purposely lose the game so as not to strain New Zealand's relations with apartheid South Africa . These allegations were denied by Hill and other players of the time. In his opinion, the big defeat came about because of the wrong game tactics.

In 1957 and 1958 he successfully defended the Bledisloe Cup again with New Zealand against the Wallabies. In 1959 he played in all four games of the All Blacks against the British and Irish Lions, who are touring New Zealand . With three wins and one defeat, the All Blacks were able to decide the international series for themselves. He also managed to defeat the Lions with Canterbury.

Because of his Māori origin, he was not allowed to take part in the All-Black-Tour in South Africa in 1960, as the apartheid regime there prohibited Māori from playing rugby with and against whites in South Africa, which the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) and the New Zealand governments, despite some fierce criticism, accepted until the end of the 1960s.

From 1961 he served as a soldier on New Zealand's North Island in Papakura . For this reason he played from 1961 to 1962 as a team captain for the provincial association Counties Manukau RU . After this station, Hill ended his active rugby career.

In 2004, alleged former cadets that on the Waiouru - cadet school in the 1960s to ill-treatment of recruits had come. Tiny Hill was a sergeant major responsible for training within the institution from 1963 to 1966 . Although he was not accused himself, he flatly rejected these allegations as implausible.

For his services to New Zealand rugby he received the Steinlager Salver as an award from the NZRU in 2006 .

Web links

• Profile on allblacks.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Our All Blacks . cfc.co.nz. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
2. ^ New Zealand rugby mourns Stan 'Tiny' Hill . Announcement on the All Blacks homepage , October 2, 2019 (English). Retrieved October 2, 2019.
3. ↑ Rugby: Memories differentiate on game of shame . nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
4. ^ The 1959 All Blacks and Canterbury Heros to Reunite in Christchurch . crfu.co.nz. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
5. ↑ Call to honor Maori denied AB caps . nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
6. ↑ Govt refuses to join Maori rugby apology . nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
7. ^ History - Counties of Manukau's great captains . steelers.co.nz. Archived from the original on June 2, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 8, 2011. 
8. ^ Ex-major ready to testify over cadet brutality . nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved February 8, 2011.