Don Clark | |
Full Name: | Donald William Clark |
Birth Date: | 22 February 1940 |
Birth Place: | Cromwell, New Zealand |
Height: | 1.83 m |
Weight: | 90 kg |
Occupation: | Farmer |
School: | Timaru Boys' High School |
Relatives: | Kerry Clark (cousin) |
Position: | Flanker |
Repyears1: | 1964 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Province1: | Otago |
Provinceyears1: | 1960–1967 |
Provinceapps1: | 79 |
Donald William Clark (born 22 February 1940) is a New Zealand former rugby union international.
Clark was born in Cromwell, Central Otago, and grew up in the small settlement of Tarras, as the second eldest of four brothers.[1] He attended Timaru Boys' High School.[2]
Debuting for Otago at the age of 20, Clark was a loose forward and made a total of 79 provincial appearances with Otago, for which his brothers Colin and Tony also played.[3] He was capped twice by the All Blacks in the 1964 Bledisloe Cup series, at Carisbrook and Lancaster Park, with both matches won by New Zealand.[2] A member of the Otago side that beat the 1966 British Lions, Clark's career ended the following year, as the result of a farm accident.[2] [4]
Clark's cousin Kerry won a gold medal in lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.[2]