Colin Meads

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All Black New Zealand international rugby union player human rugby union lock rugby union player

Colin Meads was a legendary New Zealand rugby union lock, widely regarded as one of the greatest All Blacks and most formidable forwards in the sport’s history.

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Colin Earl Meads	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	All Black ⓘ New Zealand international rugby union player ⓘ human ⓘ rugby union lock ⓘ rugby union player ⓘ
awardReceived	International Rugby Hall of Fame induction ⓘ Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ surface form: New Zealand Order of Merit New Zealand Rugby Hall of Fame induction ⓘ New Zealand Sportsman of the Year ⓘ World Rugby Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
countryOfBirth	New Zealand ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	New Zealand ⓘ
countryOfDeath	New Zealand ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1936-06-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2017-08-20 ⓘ
debutForNationalTeam	1957 ⓘ
endOfInternationalCareer	1971 ⓘ
familyName	Meads ⓘ
fullName	Colin Meads self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colin Earl Meads
givenName	Colin ⓘ
height	1.92 m ⓘ 6 ft 3 1⁄2 in ⓘ
honorificTitle	Sir ⓘ
isConsideredOneOf	greatest All Blacks of all time ⓘ greatest rugby union locks in history ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	All Blacks ⓘ King Country rugby union team ⓘ New Zealand national rugby union team ⓘ
nationality	New Zealander ⓘ
nickname	Pinetree ⓘ
notableFor	leadership on the field ⓘ physical toughness ⓘ
notableWork	autobiography "Colin Meads: All Black" ⓘ
numberOfInternationalCaps	55 ⓘ
occupation	farmer ⓘ rugby administrator ⓘ rugby coach ⓘ rugby union player ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Cambridge, New Zealand ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Te Kuiti, New Zealand ⓘ
playedForNationalTeam	New Zealand ⓘ
playedForProvincialTeam	King Country ⓘ
positionInTeam	forward ⓘ
positionPlayed	lock ⓘ
provincialDebutYear	1955 ⓘ
relative	Stan Meads ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	Stan Meads ⓘ
sport	rugby union ⓘ

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