Colin Meads

Sir Colin Meads

KNZM MBE

Meads in 1956
Birth name	Colin Earl Meads
Date of birth	(1936-06-03)3 June 1936
Place of birth	Cambridge, New Zealand
Date of death	20 August 2017(2017-08-20) (aged 81)
Place of death	Te Kūiti, New Zealand
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
School	Te Kuiti High School
Notable relative(s)	Stan Meads (brother) Rhonda Wilcox (daughter)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock, Number eight Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1955–1973 King Country 139 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1957–1971 New Zealand 55 (21)

Sir Colin Earl Meads KNZM MBE (3 June 1936 – 20 August 2017) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He played 55 test matches (133 games), most frequently in the lock forward position, for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks, from 1957 until 1971.

Meads is widely considered one of the greatest players in history. Nicknamed 'Pinetree' due to his physical presence, he was an icon within New Zealand rugby, and was named the country's Player of the Century at the NZRFU Awards in 1999.