Bobby Black (rugby union)

Bobby Black

Birth name	Robert Stanley Black
Date of birth	(1893-08-24)24 August 1893
Place of birth	Arrowtown, New Zealand
Date of death	21 September 1916(1916-09-21) (aged 23)
Place of death	Somme, France
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
School	Otago Boys' High School
Occupation(s)	Bank clerk
Rugby union career
Position(s) First five-eighth Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1911–14, 1915 1914 Template:Rut Otago Template:Rut Buller 12 2 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1914 New Zealand 1
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Military career
Memorialised at	Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial
Service/branch	New Zealand Army
Years of service	1915–16
Rank	Private
Service number	9/2048
Unit	Otago Mounted Rifles Canterbury Regiment
Battles/wars	Battle of the Somme

Robert Stanley "Bobby" Black (24 August 1893 – 21 September 1916) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A first five-eighth, Black represented Otago and Buller at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1914 tour of Australia. He played six matches for the All Blacks on that tour, including one international.

Black enlisted in the Otago Mounted Rifles in November 1915 and, after transferring to the Canterbury Regiment, saw active service in the Battle of the Somme. He was killed in action on 21 September 1916, and he is memorialised on the Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, which commemorates over 1200 New Zealand soldiers who died in the Battles of the Somme in 1916 for whom there is no known grave.