Percy Erceg

Percy Erceg

Full name	Charles Percy Erceg
Date of birth	28 November 1928
Place of birth	Waipapakauri, New Zealand
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
School	Sacred Heart College
Occupation(s)	Insurance agent
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Wing
New Zealand No.	524
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1948, 1954–56 1950–53	North Auckland Auckland	25 30
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1950–52 1951–52	New Zealand Māori New Zealand	4	(0)

Charles Percy Erceg (born 28 November 1928) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A wing three-quarter, Erceg represented North Auckland and Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1951 to 1952. He played nine matches for the All Blacks including four internationals.^[1]

Affiliating to Ngāti Kurī,^[2] Erceg represented New Zealand Māori from 1950 to 1952, and in 1951 he was awarded the Tom French Cup as the Māori player of the year.^[1] He later served as a national Māori selector from 1972 to 1983, was the manager of the New Zesland Māori side that toured Australia and the Pacific Islands in 1979 and coach of the 1982 team that toured Wales.^[1]

References

1. Knight, Lindsay. "Mac Geddes". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
2. "Update from the Kaunihera" (PDF). Ngāti Kuri Kōrero (Ngāti Kuri Trust Board) (3). Winter 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2016.