Alistair Soper
Appearance
Birth name | Alistair John Soper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 7 September 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Invercargill, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 16 June 2020 | (aged 83)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Invercargill, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Waitaki Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alistair John "Ack" Soper (7 September 1936 – 16 June 2020) was a New Zealand rugby union player.
A number eight, Soper represented Southland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1957 tour of Australia.[1] He played eight matches for the All Blacks on that tour, but did not appear in any internationals.[1] He served as president of the Southland Rugby Union in 1985.[1]
Soper played for the English club Blackheath in the 1960–61 season.[2]
Soper died in Invercargill on 16 June 2020, aged 83.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Knight, Lindsay. "Ack Soper". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ a b Savory, Logan (19 June 2020). "Southland rugby legend Ack Soper's legacy to live on". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
Categories:
- 1936 births
- 2020 deaths
- Rugby union players from Invercargill
- People educated at Waitaki Boys' High School
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Southland rugby union players
- Rugby union number eights
- New Zealand sports executives and administrators
- Blackheath F.C. players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England
- New Zealand rugby union biography stubs