Gary Knight (rugby union)
Birth name | Gary Albert Knight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1951-08-26) 26 August 1951 (age 73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 107 kg (236 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Mana College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Farmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gary Albert Knight (born 26 August 1951) is a former New Zealand rugby union player and amateur wrestler.
Rugby union
A prop, Knight represented Horowhenua and Manawatu at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1977 to 1986. He played 66 matches for the All Blacks, including 36 internationals.[1]
While playing for the All Blacks during the 1981 springbok tour Knight was famously felled by a flour bomb dropped by Marx Jones.[2]
Wrestling
Knight competed for New Zealand in the super heavyweight (+100 kg) division of freestyle wrestling at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, winning the bronze medal.[1][3]
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