Lory Blanchard

For the American politician, see David Blanchard.

Lory Blanchard
MNZM
Born
David Lory Blanchard

(1924-09-04)4 September 1924
Roxburgh, New Zealand
Died1 January 2013(2013-01-01) (aged 88)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Rugby league career
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionHooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1939 North Otago
1947–48 Canterbury
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
PositionHooker, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Linwood (CRL)
1942–44 Hull FC 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Canterbury
1949–55 South Island
1951–56 New Zealand 16 1 0 0 3
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
Linwood (CRL)
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1966–67 New Zealand 3 0 0 0 0
1969 New Zealand 2 1 0 1 50
1970–72 New Zealand 6 1 0 5 17
Source: [1][2]
Military career
Allegiance New Zealand
Service/branch Royal New Zealand Navy
RankStoker
Battles/warsWorld War II

David Lory Blanchard[3] MNZM (4 September 1924 – 1 January 2013) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league football player who played representative rugby league (RL) for New Zealand in the 1954 World Cup and coached them at the 1970 World Cup.[1] He also played for Hull FC (Heritage № 438) in England during World War II.

  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ BLANCHARD, David Lory – 1951 – 56 Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, nzleague.co.nz; Retrieved 22 September 2014.