Ian Uttley

Rugby player
Christine Uttley
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(m. 1965⁠–⁠2015)​
ChildrenFourOccupation(s)Oil company executiveRugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1961–65, 68
1966
1967		 Wellington
Auckland
Hawke's Bay		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1963 New Zealand 2 (0)

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. ^ a b OldBoys-University Rugby Club. "Ian Uttley". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Former All Black killed in double fatal collision". Stuff (Fairfax). 17 September 2015.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ O'Sullivan, Patrick (16 September 2015). "Grandparents die after logging truck collision". Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 17 September 2015.


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