Bryce Rope
Rugby player
Birth name | Douglas Bryce Rope | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1923-02-11)11 February 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 2 March 2013(2013-03-02) (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Auckland Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Auckland University College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Douglas Bryce Rope (11 February 1923 – 2 March 2013) was the coach of the New Zealand rugby union team from 1983 to 1984.
Biography
Rope was born in 1923 and attended Auckland Grammar School.[1]
During World War II, Rope trained in Canada and then was a flight instructor with No. 20 OTU. He saw active service, flying fighter bombers in operations over Europe.[1]
Rope played rugby for Auckland and New Zealand Universities in the 1940s and 1950s, as a loose forward.[2] He was All Blacks coach from 1983 to 1984,[2] coaching the team to nine wins in 12 test matches.
References
- ^ a b "Salute to the fallen". Central Leader. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Former All Black coach dies". New Zealand Herald. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
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Preceded by Peter Burke | All Blacks coach 1983–1984 | Succeeded by Brian Lochore |
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