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Bob Burgess
Birth nameRobert Edward Burgess
Date of birth (1949-03-26) 26 March 1949 (age 75)
Place of birthNew Plymouth, New Zealand
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
SchoolHastings Boys' High School
Palmerston North Boys' High School
UniversityMassey University
Rugby union career
Position(s) First five-eighth
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1973–75 Lyon Olympique Universitaire ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1967–73 Manawatu ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1968–70
1971–73		 New Zealand Universities
New Zealand
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Robert Edward Burgess (26 March 1949) is a New Zealand rugby union player and academic. A first five-eighth, Burgess represented Manawatu at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1971 to 1973. He played 30 matches for the All Blacks including seven internationals. In 1970 Burgess refused nomination for the All Black trials for the tour of South Africa as a protest against that country's apartheid regime, and in 1981 he actively campaigned against the 1981 South African tour of New Zealand.[1]

Burgess has a master's degree (1973) and a PhD (1984) in plant ecology from Massey University.[2][3][4]

At the 1998 local-body elections, Burgess stood for the Palmerston North mayoralty, finishing fourth in a field of 15 candidates.[5][6] He is married to New Zealand writer Linda Burgess.[7]

References

  1. ^ Akers, Clive. "Bob Burgess". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. ^ Burgess, Robert (1973). Intraspecific variation in Yorkshire fog within a limited geographical region (Masters thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/5327.
  3. ^ Burgess, Robert (1984). The life history strategy of Carex pumila Thunb. (Cyperaceae), a rhizomatous perennial pioneer species on the sand plains of the dune system of coastal Manawatu (Doctoral thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/3534.
  4. ^ School, Palmerston North Boys’ High. "Old Boy and Former All Black Dr. Bob Burgess Presents at Assembly — Old Boys' Newsletter Term I". Palmerston North Boys’ High School. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  5. ^ Keane, Philippa (4 October 1998). "Large field in close race for PN's top job". Sunday Star Times. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Local government councils". The Dominion. 12 October 1998. p. 15.
  7. ^ Morgan, Jon (13 March 1997). "Rejection suggests luck for writer". The Dominion. p. 12.


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