Rod MacKenzie
Birth name | Roderick McCulloch MacKenzie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 September 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rakaia, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 24 March 2000 | (aged 90)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Feilding Convent School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roderick McCulloch "Rod" MacKenzie (16 September 1909 – 24 March 2000) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A flanker and lock, MacKenzie represented Manawhenua and Template:Rut Manawatu at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1934 to 1938. He played 35 matches for the All Blacks—three of which were as captain— including nine internationals.[1]
During World War II, MacKenzie served with the New Zealand Tank Brigade,[2] and played in services rugby matches in the United Kingdom for New Zealand Services and Combined Dominions, and twice turned out for Scotland in services internationals.[1]
MacKenzie died in Auckland on 24 March 2000,[1] and was buried at Kelvin Grove Cemetery in Palmerston North.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Luxford, Bob. "Rod MacKenzie". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Big rugby match". New Zealand Herald. 17 June 1942. p. 5. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Cemetery and cremation detail". Palmerston North City Council. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- 1909 births
- 2000 deaths
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Manawhenua rugby union players
- Manawatu rugby union players
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union locks
- New Zealand military personnel of World War II
- Burials at Kelvin Grove Cemetery
- New Zealand rugby union biography stubs