Gordon Lawson

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Gordon Lawson
Full name Gordon Pirie Lawson
Date of birth (1899-09-15)15 September 1899
Place of birth Timaru, New Zealand
Date of death 13 September 1985(1985-09-13) (aged 85)
Place of death Timaru, New Zealand
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
School Timaru Boys' High School
Occupation(s) Auctioneer
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position First five-eighth
New Zealand No. 320
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1921–30 South Canterbury 39
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1925 New Zealand 0 (0)

Gordon Pirie Lawson (15 September 1899 – 13 September 1985) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He was educated at Timaru Main School and then Timaru Boys' High School. A first five-eighth, Lawson represented South Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1925 tour of New South Wales. He played just two matches on that tour, and did not appear in any test matches for the All Blacks.[1]

After retiring Lawson took an active part in rugby administration, being the president of the Timaru High School Old Boys club between 1940 and 1947, and a South Canterbury selector in 1947. His three brothers, Douglas, Allan and William all played for South Canterbury.[2]

Lawson died in Timaru on 13 September 1985,[1] and was buried at Timaru Cemetery.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Knight, Lindsay. "Gordon Lawson". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Chester, Rod; McMillan, Neville; Palenski, Ron (1987). The Encyclopedia of New Zealand Rugby. Auckland: Moa Publications. p. 97. ISBN 0-908570-16-3.
  3. ↑ "Cemetery search". Timaru District Council. Retrieved 14 December 2015.


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