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Ken Bloxham
Birth nameKenneth Charles Bloxham
Date of birth(1954-01-04)4 January 1954
Place of birthMilton, New Zealand
Date of death10 October 2000(2000-10-10) (aged 46)
Place of deathDunedin, New Zealand
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
SchoolTokomairiro High School
Occupation(s)Sawmill owner
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1974–1986 Template:Rut Otago 155 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1980 New Zealand 0 (0)

Kenneth Charles Bloxham (4 January 1954 – 10 October 2000) was a New Zealand rugby union footballer.

Career

Born and educated in Milton, Bloxham represented the local Tokomairiro club, and won a place in the Template:Rut Otago provincial side from 1974 to 1986, playing as hooker. He captained Otago between 1980 and 1982.[1]

He briefly represented New Zealand in 1980 when he was called on as a replacement player during that year's tour of Fiji. He played in two matches, including the international against Fiji, but the game was not given full test status by the New Zealand Rugby Union.[1]

Bloxham died of cancer in Dunedin on 10 October 2000.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Knight, Lindsay. "Ken Bloxham". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 10 October 2015.