Everard Jackson

Everard Jackson

Full name	Everard Stanley Jackson
Date of birth	12 January 1914
Place of birth	Hastings, New Zealand
Date of death	20 September 1975 (aged 61)
Place of death	Hastings, New Zealand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
School	Rerekohu District High School
Notable relative(s)	Fred Jackson (father) Syd Jackson (son)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Prop
New Zealand No.	421
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1932–33 1934–40 1941	East Coast Hawke's Bay Wellington
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1936–38 1938	New Zealand New Zealand Māori	6	(0)

Everard Stanley Jackson (12 January 1914 – 20 September 1975) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Jackson represented East Coast, Hawke's Bay and Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1938 to 1938. He played 11 matches for the All Blacks including six internationals.^[1]

Of Ngāti Porou descent,^[2] Jackson played for New Zealand Māori in 1936. During World War II, he served as an officer in the 28th (Māori) Battalion and lost a leg as a result of wounds received in an artillery barrage.^[1][2]

References

1. Luxford, Bob. "Everard Jackson". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
2. Gillies, Iain (16 October 2012). "Jackson dynasty lives on". Gisborne Herald. p. 25.