Wilson Whineray

As of January 21, 2010 National September 18, 1965

Sir James Wilson Whineray KNZM, OBE (* July 10, 1935 in Auckland, New Zealand, † October 22, 2012 ) was a New Zealand rugby union national team on the position of the pillar. Following his active time in rugby he became a very successful business manager.

Wilson Whineray considered one of the best rugby player of all time. For his achievements in rugby and in business he got both the British and awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit. In 1998, he was defeated by Queen Elizabeth II knighted and was allowed to since Sir Wilson Whineray call.

Rugby career

After finishing school at the prestigious Auckland Grammar School, where he also played rugby, Whineray was for a short time a laborer in agriculture. Soon after, he studied agricultural economics at Massey Agricultural College and Lincoln College. Because of this frequent change of place he ran in just under seven years for not less than six provincial teams.

Whineray began his rugby career in 1953 in the small provincial association Wairarapa RFU. He then played in the next two years for the Mid Canterbury RFU and the Manawatu RU. After good performances he was nominated for the Executive of the New Zealand Under-21 national team. With her he undertook in 1955 a tour to Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka).

1956 moved Whineray with 21 years for Canterbury RFU, where he still in the same year made ​​the final breakthrough. With Canterbury and the national team of New Zealand universities, he managed the touring at this time in New Zealand South African rugby union team ( Springboks ) to beat each.

A year later he made his debut, during a tour in Australia, on 18 May for New Zealand ( All Blacks ) in a game against the selection of New South Wales in Sydney. The game was won by the All Blacks with 19:3. Seven days later, then followed back in Sydney, the international debut against Australia ( Wallabies ) with a 25:11 victory. After this debut he belonged until his resignation in 1965 national uninterruptedly to the regulars. In the second and last international match of the tour, the New Zealanders were also able to win and thus defend the Bledisloe Cup.

Even before Whinerays third official international match, he was appointed captain of the All Blacks for the Test series against Australia in 1958. Under his leadership, the Bledisloe Cup could be defended again. So he scored in his first Test as captain against the Wallabies two attempts. From then on, he spent seven years continuously captain until 1965. To this day, no one was over a longer period of time captain of New Zealand.

In 1959 he returned to his hometown of Auckland to play for the Auckland RFU. With the All Blacks won a Test series Whineray four games against the British and Irish Lions 3-1 in the same year.

In 1960 he won the Ranfurly Shield with Auckland and defended these three years. The Ranfurly Shield is the most important trophy of the New Zealand national rugby. In contrast, the test series in South Africa against the Springboks in 1960 with two losses, one draw and a win a disappointment. Thus failed the All Blacks on the task to achieve the first win a test series over the Springboks in South Africa.

The highlight of his rugby career was the European tour 1963/64, in which the All Blacks almost her first Grand Slam would have succeeded. After already managed to beat England, Ireland and Wales, only thing missing was a victory against Scotland. This was Wilson's New Zealanders, however, due to a 0-0 tie denied.

At the end of his career, the All Blacks were in 1965 again won three of four games against South Africa in New Zealand. After this success Whineray ended his international career, before he finally retired from active rugby 1966.

In the 1970s he worked for a short time as coach of the varsity teams of Grammar ( Auckland ) and Onslown (Wellington ).

Professional career

After the rugby Wilson studied at Harvard University and reached there the conclusion of the MBA. In 1969 he went to the company Alex Harvey Industries, the 1985 Carter Holt to today's Australasian forestry company Carter Holt Harvey Limited ( CHH ) merged.

There, he was Deputy General Manager since 1987 and two years later became a board member. In 1993 he was elected Chairman of CHH. In 2003, he gave ten years from this office. After that, he was still the chairman of the ANZ National Bank ( New Zealand), a subsidiary of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, and Managing Director of Australian APN News & Media ( APN). APN is the owner of New Zealand's largest-circulation daily newspaper called the NZ Herald.

Death

Wilson Whineray died on 22 October 2012 in his hometown of Auckland at the age of 77 years.