Bill Mumm

Bill Mumm
Mumm in 1949
Birth nameWilliam John Mumm
Date of birth(1922-03-26)26 March 1922
Place of birthMokihinui, New Zealand
Date of death11 December 1993(1993-12-11) (aged 71)
Place of deathWestport, New Zealand
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb)
SchoolSummerlea Primary School
Notable relative(s)Dean Mumm (grandson)
Occupation(s)Sawmiller[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1942–55 Buller 85 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1949 New Zealand 1 (0)

William John Mumm OBE JP (26 March 1922 – 11 December 1993) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Mumm represented Buller at a provincial level.

He was selected as one of the 5 players of the year for the 1945 season in the Rugby Almananac of New Zealand.[2]

He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1949, playing one test match against Australia.[3]

He later served as chairman of the Buller County Council[3] and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to local government.[4]

  1. ^ West Coast: Electoral District 85. Greymouth: Elections NZ. 1981. p. 70.
  2. ^ Arthur Swan & Arthur Carman (ed.). The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand 1946. Sporting Publications, Wellington.
  3. ^ a b Knight, Lindsay. "Bill Mumm". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  4. ^ "No. 52174". The London Gazette. 16 June 1990. p. 30.