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Neil Thimbleby

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Neil Thimbleby
Birth nameNeil William Thimbleby
Date of birth(1939-06-19)19 June 1939
Place of birthLower Hutt, New Zealand
Date of death19 March 2024(2024-03-19) (aged 84)
Place of deathNapier, New Zealand
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
SchoolMarton District High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1959–71 Hawke's Bay 158 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1970 New Zealand 1 (0)

Neil William Thimbleby (19 June 1939 – 19 March 2024) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Thimbleby represented Hawke's Bay at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1970 tour to South Africa. He played 13 matches for the All Blacks on that tour, including one international.[1] Thimbleby died in Napier on 19 March 2024, at the age of 84.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Knight, Lindsay. "Neil Thimbleby". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ^ "All Blacks prop, Hawke's Bay rugby legend Neil Thimbleby dies, aged 84". Stuff. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.