Gary Knight | |
Birth Name: | Gary Albert Knight |
Birth Date: | 26 August 1951 |
Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
Position: | Prop |
Height: | 1.87 m |
Weight: | 107 kg |
Repyears1: | 1977–86 |
Repcaps1: | 36 |
Reppoints1: | 4 |
Province1: | Horowhenua |
Province2: | Manawatu |
Provinceyears1: | 1972 |
Provinceyears2: | 1975–86 |
Provinceapps1: | 7 |
Provinceapps2: | 145 |
Occupation: | Farmer |
School: | Mana College |
Gary Albert Knight (born 26 August 1951) is a former New Zealand rugby union player and amateur wrestler.
A prop, Knight represented Horowhenua and Manawatu at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1977 to 1986. He played 66 matches for the All Blacks, including 36 internationals.[1]
While playing for the All Blacks during the 1981 springbok tour Knight was famously felled by a flour bomb dropped by Marx Jones.[2]
Knight competed for New Zealand in the super heavyweight (+100 kg) division of freestyle wrestling at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, winning the bronze medal.[1] [3]