Morrie Church
Former NZ RL coach and rugby league footballer
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Maurice Walter Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1922-10-04)4 October 1922 New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 January 1981(1981-01-04) (aged 58) Porirua, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: RLP |
Maurice Walter "Morrie" Church QSM (4 October 1922 – 4 January 1981) was a New Zealand rugby league coach who coached New Zealand.
Family
Morrie was married to Joy Church (née Bracefield). They had six children Barry, Irene, David, Allan, Graham and Stephen.
Playing career
Church coached Miramar in the Wellington Rugby League competition and in 1970 coached the New Zealand Kiwis for three matches.[1]
In the 1979 New Year Honours, Church was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service.[2] He died in Porirua on 4 January 1981.[3]
References
- v
- t
- e
New Zealand national rugby league team coaches
- 1912-20 George A. Gillett
- 1921-24 Jim Rukutai
- 1925 Charlie Pearce
- 1926-27 Ernest Mair
- 1928 Thomas McClymont
- 1930-31 Arthur Hennessy
- 1932-37 Bill Kelly
- 1938-52 Thomas McClymont
- 1952-54 Jim Amos
- 1955-56 Harold Tetley
- 1956-57 Bill Telford
- 1959-60 Travers Hardwick
- 1961 Des White
- 1961-63 Bill Telford
- 1964-65 Maurie Robertson
- 1965 Bill Telford
- 1966-67 Lory Blanchard
- 1968 Des Barchard
- 1969 Lory Blanchard
- 1970 Morrie Church
- 1970-72 Lory Blanchard
- 1972 Des Barchard
- 1974-75 George Menzies
- 1977-78 Ron Ackland
- 1979-82 Ces Mountford
- 1983-86 Graham Lowe
- 1987-89 Tony Gordon
- 1990-91 Bob Bailey
- 1992-93 Howie Tamati
- 1995-96 Frank Endacott
- 1997 Graeme Norton
- 1998-00 Frank Endacott
- 2001-02 Gary Freeman
- 2004-05 Daniel Anderson
- 2005-07 Brian McClennan
- 2007 Gary Kemble
- 2008-16 Stephen Kearney
- 2016-17 David Kidwell
- 2018-23 Michael Maguire
- 2024-present Stacey Jones
This New Zealand rugby league football biography is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e