Gary Whetton

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Gary Whetton
Rugby union career
Full name	Gary William Whetton
Date of birth	(1959-12-15) 15 December 1959
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
School	Auckland Grammar
Notable relative(s)	Alan Whetton
Playing career
Position	Lock
New Zealand No.	827
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1993	Castres Olympique
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1980–1992	Auckland	180
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1981–1991	New Zealand	58	(4)

Gary William Whetton (born 15 December 1959) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He played 180 matches for Auckland, and 58 tests (15 as captain) at lock for the All Blacks from 1981 to 1991. He serves on the Auckland Blues board and was elected Chairman in April 2012.^[1] He is the twin brother of fellow All Black Alan Whetton.

References

↑ "Gary Whetton elected as new chairman of the Blues" (Press release). The Blues. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.

External links

Gary Whetton at AllBlacks.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Wayne Shelford	All Blacks Captain 1990–1991	Succeeded by Sean Fitzpatrick

v t e New Zealand Cavaliers 1986 squad

Forwards	Anderson Ashworth Crichton Dalton (c) Haden Hobbs Knight McDowall Mexted Mills Pierce Reid Shaw Shelford, F Shelford, W Whetton, A Whetton, G

Backs	Clamp Crowley Deans Donald Fraser Fox Green Loveridge Osborne Pokere Robins Smith Simpson Taylor

Coach	Meads

v t e New Zealand squad – 1987 Rugby World Cup Winners (1st Title)

Forwards	Anderson Brooke Brooke-Cowden Drake Earl Fitzpatrick Jones Loe McDowell Pierce Shelford Whetton, A Whetton, G

Backs	Crowley Fox Gallagher Green Kirk (c) Kirwan McCahill Stanley Taylor Wright

Coach	Lochore

v t e New Zealand squad – 1991 Rugby World Cup Third Place

Forwards	Brooke Carter Dowd Earl Fitzpatrick Henderson Hewett Jones, I Jones, M Loe McDowall Purvis A. Whetton G. Whetton (c)

Backs	Bachop Crowley Fox Innes Kirwan Little McCahill Preston Philpott Timu Tuigamala Wright

Coach	Hart Wyllie

Persondata
Name	Whetton, Gary
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand rugby union player
Date of birth	15 December 1959
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death

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