Ian Uttley
| Full name | Ian Neill Uttley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 December 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 September 2015 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | near Te Pohue, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Wellington College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Victoria University of Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Kenneth Uttley (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Christine Uttley (m. 1965–2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Four | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Oil company executive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Neill Uttley (3 December 1941 – 15 September 2015) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A centre three-quarter, Uttley represented Wellington, Auckland, and Hawke's Bay at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in two matches in Auckland in May 1963, both of them Tests against the touring England team.[1] He was known as the "Grey Ghost".[2]
His father, Kenneth Uttley, represented Otago and New Zealand Universities in rugby union, and also played first-class cricket for Otago and Wellington.[1]
Uttley and his wife Christine died on 15 September 2015, when their vehicle went off the side of State Highway 5 near Te Pohue, overcorrected, and crossed into the path of a logging truck.[3] Police suspect a third vehicle may have been involved.[4]
References
- 1 2 OldBoys-University Rugby Club. "Ian Uttley". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Former All Black killed in double fatal collision". Stuff (Fairfax). 17 September 2015.
- ↑ Ryan, Sophie (17 September 2015). "Former All Black Ian Uttley and wife killed in head-on crash with logging truck". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ O'Sullivan, Patrick (16 September 2015). "Grandparents die after logging truck collision". Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 17 September 2015.