Ron Jarden

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Ron Jarden
Personal information
Full name Ronald Alexander Jarden
Date of birth 14 December 1929 (1929-12-14)
Place of birth Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Date of death 18 February 1977 (aged 47)
Place of death Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 81 kg (12 st 11 lb)
School Hutt Valley High
College Victoria University
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Wing
Clubs
Victoria University
National team(s) Caps (points)
1951-1956 All Blacks 16 (42)

Ronald Alexander Jarden (born 14 December 1929, Lower Hutt, New Zealand and died 18 February 1977, Lower Hutt) better known as Ron Jarden was a New Zealand rugby union footballer, businessman, and sharebroker. Jarden played club rugby for Victoria University in 1949, and was selected to play provincial rugby for Wellington (on the wing) that year. He practised daily at goal-kicking and also lineout throwing (which was performed by wingers in those days). He was selected for the North Island team in 1950 and then the All Blacks in 1951. He ended up playing 16 Tests and 21 games before retiring in 1956.

He had graduated from Victoria with a Bachelor of Arts in 1953, and his retirement from rugby in 1956 was to concentrate on his business career with Shell. He was very successful in business and eventually started his own stockbroking firm. He was appointed chairman of the Broadcasting Council that governed New Zealand's broadcasting system in 1975. He died in 1977 from a heart attack.

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NAME Ron Jarden
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ronald Alexander Jarden
SHORT DESCRIPTION New Zealand Rugby union footballer.
DATE OF BIRTH 14 December 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Lower Hutt, New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH 18 February 1977
PLACE OF DEATH Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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