Doug Wilson | |
Birth Name: | Douglas Dawson Wilson |
Birth Date: | 30 January 1931 |
Birth Place: | Wanganui, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Whanganui, New Zealand |
Position: | First five-eighth Second five-eighth |
Height: | 1.780NaN0 |
Weight: | 73kg (161lb) |
Repyears1: | 1953–54 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Provinceyears1: | 1952–54 |
Provinceyears2: | 1955–58 |
Occupation: | Menswear retailer |
Douglas Dawson Wilson (30 January 1931 – 18 May 2019) was a New Zealand rugby union player.
A first and second five-eighth, Wilson represented and at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1953–54 tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America. On that tour, he played 14 matches, including two internationals, and scored five tries and one drop goal.[1]
He died in Kowhainui Hospital, Whanganui, on 18 May 2019.[2] He had been married to Janice for 64 years.[2]