Eddie Stokes
Appearance
Birth name | Edward James Taite Stokes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 26 June 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Mount Maunganui College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edward James Taite Stokes (born 26 June 1950) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A centre, Stokes represented Bay of Plenty at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on the 1976 tour of South America. He played in five matches on that tour, including the game against Uruguay for which international caps were not awarded.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Knight, Lindsay. "Eddie Stokes". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
Categories:
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Bay of Plenty rugby union players
- Māori All Blacks players
- Rugby union centres
- People educated at Mount Maunganui College
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1950s birth stubs