Alan Blake

Alan Blake
Full name Alan Walter Blake
Date of birth 3 November 1922
Place of birth Carterton, New Zealand
Date of death 31 October 2010 (aged 87)
Place of death Masterton, New Zealand
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
School Wairarapa College
Occupation(s) Freezing works supervisor[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Flanker
New Zealand No. 501
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1941–60 Wairarapa 108
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1949
1948–50		  New Zealand
New Zealand Māori		 1
26		 (0)

Alan Walter Blake (3 November 1922 – 31 October 2010) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A flanker, Blake represented Wairarapa at a provincial level. He played for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in a single test match in 1949. Despite not having any Māori ancestry, Blake played 26 matches for New Zealand Māori and captained the side in 1950.[2] He had an African American grandfather.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Wairarapa Electoral District: main roll of persons entitled to vote for Members of Parliament of New Zealand. 1972. p. 23.
  2. ↑ Knight, Lindsay. "Kiwi Blake". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Death of former All Black Kiwi Blake". Radio New Zealand News. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2014.