Rex Orr
Appearance
Birth name | Rex William Orr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 June 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gore, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 September 2011 | (aged 88)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Gore High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | RNZAF pilot Physical education teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rex William Orr (19 June 1923 – 1 September 2011) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A fullback, Orr represented Otago and Auckland at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1949, playing a single international match against Australia.[1]
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- 1923 births
- 2011 deaths
- People from Gore, New Zealand
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Otago rugby union players
- Auckland rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- People educated at Gore High School
- Rugby union players from Southland, New Zealand
- New Zealand rugby union biography stubs