Trevor Berghan

Trevor Berghan

Date of birth	14 July 1914
Place of birth	Houhora, New Zealand
Date of death	23 September 1998 (aged 84)
Place of death	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
School	Rotorua Boys' High School
University	University of Otago
Occupation(s)	Dentist
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	First five-eighth
New Zealand No.	438
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1937–40	Otago	21
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1938	New Zealand	3	(0)

Trevor Berghan (13 July 1914 – 23 September 1998) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A first five-eighth, Berghan represented Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1938 tour of Australia. He played six matches for the All Blacks on that tour, including three internationals.^[1]

Berghan studied at the University of Otago, graduating with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1941.^[2] He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the New Zealand Dental Corps in June 1941,^[3] and later promoted to captain. He was seconded to the Royal New Zealand Navy with the rank of temporary surgeon lieutenant (D) in July 1943.^[4]

References

1. Knight, Lindsay. "Trevor Berghan". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
2. "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Ba–Be". Retrieved 23 September 2015.
3. "New Zealand, World War II appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations, 1939–1945". Ancestry.com Operations. 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015. (subscription required (help)).
4. "New Zealand, World War II appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations, 1939–1945". Ancestry.com Operations. 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015. (subscription required (help)).