Tom Morrison (rugby union player)

Tom Morrison
Full name Thomas Clarence Morrison
Date of birth (1913-07-28)28 July 1913
Place of birth Gisborne, New Zealand
Date of death 31 August 1985(1985-08-31) (aged 72)
Place of death Wellington, New Zealand
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Occupation(s) Menswear retailer
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Wing
New Zealand No. 441
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1931–39
1944–46		 South Canterbury
Wellington		 43
14
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1938 New Zealand 3 (4)

Thomas Clarence Morrison CBE (28 July 1913 – 31 August 1985) was a New Zealand rugby union player and administrator. A wing three-quarter, Morrison represented South Canterbury and Wellington at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1938 tour of Australia, playing in five matches including three internationals. He later served on the executive of the New Zealand Rugby Union from 1946 to 1968, and was its chairman between 1962 and 1968. He was also a national selector between 1950 and 1956.[1]

During World War II Morrison served with the 27th (Machine Gun) Battalion, enlisting as a corporal in 1939.[2] In February 1942 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant.[3]

In the 1968 New Year Honours, Morrison was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to sport, especially rugby football.[4] He died on 31 August 1985 and his ashes were buried in Makara Cemetery, Wellington.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Knight, Lindsay. "Tom Morrison". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Thomas Clarence Morrison". Online Cenotaph. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand, World War II appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations, 1939–1945". Ancestry.com Operations. 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 44486. p. 42. 1 January 1968. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Cemeteries search (cremation)". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cemeteries search (burial)". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

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