Wilson Whineray

Wilson Whineray

Player information
Full name	Wilson James Whineray
birthday	July 10, 1935
place of birth	Auckland , New Zealand
date of death	October 22, 2012
Place of death	Auckland , New Zealand
size	183 cm
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1957-1965	New Zealand	32 (6)
Status: January 21, 2010 National team September 18, 1965

Sir Wilson James Whineray KNZM , OBE (born July 10, 1935 in Auckland , New Zealand , † October 22, 2012 ibid) was a New Zealand rugby union international on the position of the pillar . Following his active days in rugby, he became a very successful business manager .

Wilson Whineray is widely recognized as one of the greatest rugby players of all time. For his services in rugby as well as in business, he was awarded both the British and New Zealand Order of Merit . In 1998 he became Queen Elizabeth II. The Knights defeated and since then was allowed to Sir Wilson Whineray call.

Rugby career

After graduating from the renowned Auckland Grammar School , for which he also played rugby, Whineray worked for a short time as a laborer in the agricultural sector. Soon after, he studied agricultural economics at Massey Agricultural College and Lincoln College . Due to this frequent change of location, he ran for no less than six provincial teams in just under seven years.

Whineray began his rugby career in 1953 with the small provincial association Wairarapa RFU . He then played for the Mid Canterbury RFU and Manawatu RU for the next two years . After good performance, he was nominated for the squad of the New Zealand U21 national team. With her he went on a tour to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka ) in 1955 .

In 1956, Whineray moved to Canterbury RFU at the age of 21 , where he made his final breakthrough that same year. With Canterbury and the selection team of the New Zealand universities, he managed to beat the South African rugby union team (Springboks) , which was touring New Zealand at the time .

A year later he made his debut, while touring Australia, on May 18 for New Zealand (All Blacks) in a game against the New South Wales selection in Sydney . The game was won by the All Blacks 19-3. Seven days later, again in Sydney, the international debut against Australia (Wallabies) followed with a 25:11 win. After this debut, he was one of the regulars until his national team resignation in 1965. In the second and last international match of the tour, the New Zealanders were also able to win and thus defend the Bledisloe Cup .

Even before Whineray's third official international match, he was named captain of the All Blacks in 1958 for the test series against Australia. Under his leadership the Bledisloe Cup could be defended again. In the very first test he scored two attempts as captain against the Wallabies . From then until 1965 he was the national team captain for seven years. To date, no one has been the New Zealand captain for an extended period of time.

In 1959 he returned to his hometown Auckland to play for the Auckland RFU . With the All Blacks Whineray was able to win a test series of four games against the British and Irish Lions 3-1 in the same year .

In 1960 he won the Ranfurly Shield with Auckland and defended it for three years. The Ranfurly Shield is New Zealand rugby's premier national trophy. In contrast, South Africa's test series against the Springboks in 1960 was a disappointment with two losses, one draw and one win. Thus the All Blacks failed to achieve the first win of a test series over the Springboks in South Africa.

The highlight of his rugby career was the 1963/64 European tour, when the All Blacks almost succeeded in their first Grand Slam . After beating England , Ireland and Wales , the only thing missing was a win against Scotland . This was denied to Wilson's New Zealanders due to a 0-0 draw.

At the end of his career, the All Blacks were able to win again three of four games against South Africa in New Zealand in 1965. After this success Whineray ended his national team career before he finally resigned from active rugby in 1966.

In the 1970s he briefly coached the school teams of Grammar (Auckland) and Onslown (Wellington).

Professional background

After rugby, Wilson studied at Harvard University , where he received an MBA . In 1969 he went to Alex Harvey Industries , which merged with Carter Holt in 1985 to form what is now the Australasian forestry company Carter Holt Harvey Limited (CHH).

There he was deputy managing director since 1987 and two years later became a member of the board. In 1993 he was elected chairman of the CHH supervisory board. In 2003 he gave up this office after ten years. He then continued to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors of ANZ National Bank (New Zealand), a subsidiary of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group , and Managing Director of the Australian APN News & Media (APN). APN owns New Zealand's highest-circulation daily newspaper , the NZ Herald .

death

Wilson Whineray died on October 22, 2012 in his hometown of Auckland at the age of 77.

Web links

• Profile on allblacks.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ The New Zealand Herald : Time to go says CHH stalwart , February 18, 2003
2. ↑ The New Zealand Herald : Sir Wilson Whineray: All Blacks lose greatest captain , October 22, 2012