Wilson Whineray
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| Full name | Wilson James Whineray | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 July 1935 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 October 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (14 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Auckland Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
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The University of Auckland Harvard University |
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand No. | 585 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1953 1954 1955 1956–1957 1958 1959–1966 |
Wairarapa Mid Canterbury Manawatu Canterbury Waikato Auckland |
3 9 7 16 7 61 |
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1957–1965 | New Zealand | 32 | (6) |
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Correct as of 8 February 2007
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Sir Wilson James Whineray, KNZM, OBE (10 July 1935 – 22 October 2012) was a business executive and the longest-serving captain of the All Blacks until eclipsed by Richie McCaw in 2014.New Zealand's national rugby union team. Rugby writer Terry McLean considered him the All Blacks' greatest captain.
Owing to his early career as an agricultural cadet, which involved considerable travel around the country, Whineray played for six first-class teams, including Wairarapa, Mid Canterbury, Manawatu, Canterbury, Waikato, and finally his hometown team, Auckland, for whom he made 61 appearances between 1959 and 1966. He also played for the South Island, North Island, and New Zealand Universities sides.
He first played for the All Blacks in 1957. The following year he became captain for the 1958 series against Australia at the young age of 23. He went on to play 77 matches for the All Blacks between 1957 and 1965, 67 of them as captain. These included 32 test matches, all but two of them as captain. He played mostly in the position of prop. Whineray was named New Zealand Sportsperson of the Year in 1965.
After retiring from rugby, he gained a MBA from Harvard University, where he was a member of the Harvard Business School RFC. He returned to New Zealand in 1969 and started work at Alex Harvey Industries, which became Carter Holt Harvey. He rose to become deputy managing director, then chairman of the board of Carter Holt Harvey, by then a major New Zealand company, and retired from the board in 2003. He was the managing director of NZ Wool Marketing Corporation in 1973–74, chairman of the National Bank of New Zealand, and a director of Auckland International Airport and APN News & Media.
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