Birth name | Patrick Timothy Walsh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 May 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kaitaia, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 23 November 2007 | (aged 71)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Sacred Heart College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Ardmore Teachers' College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Timothy Walsh (6 May 1936 – 23 November 2007) was a New Zealand rugby union player and selector. He played 13 Tests and 14 other games for the All Blacks from 1955 to 1964. He also played for New Zealand Māori in 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959 1961, captaining the side on its 1958 tour to Australia, against the British Lions in 1959 and against the French in 1961. He was an All Black selector from 1969 to 1971.[1]