Archie McMinn | |
Birth Name: | Archibald Forbes McMinn |
Birth Date: | 14 August 1880 |
Birth Place: | Marton, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Porirua, New Zealand |
Position: | Loose forward |
Height: | 1.90NaN0 |
Weight: | 92kg (203lb) |
Repyears1: | 1903–05 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 6 |
Province1: | Wairarapa |
Province2: | Manawatu |
Provinceyears1: | 1903 |
Provinceyears2: | 1904–05, 08–09 |
Provinceapps1: | 2 |
Relatives: | Paddy McMinn (brother) Alexander McMinn (father) |
Archibald Forbes McMinn (14 August 1880 – 23 April 1919) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A loose forward, McMinn represented Wairarapa and Manawatu at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1903 to 1905. He played 10 matches for the All Blacks including two internationals.[1] His father was Irish journalist Alexander McMinn, who founded the Manawatu Evening Standard newspaper in 1880.[2]