Jock Richardson | |
Birth Name: | Johnstone Richardson |
Birth Date: | 2 April 1899 |
Birth Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Nowra, New South Wales, Australia |
Position: | Loose forward |
Height: | 1.850NaN0 |
Weight: | 93kg (205lb) |
Repyears1: | 1921–25 |
Repcaps1: | 7 |
Reppoints1: | 3 |
Province1: | Otago |
Province2: | Southland |
Provinceyears1: | 1920–22 |
Provinceyears2: | 1923–26 |
Provinceapps1: | 14 |
Provinceapps2: | 15 |
Johnstone "Jock" Richardson (2 April 1899 – 28 October 1994) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A loose forward, Richardson represented Otago and Southland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1921 to 1925. He played 42 matches for the All Blacks, 16 of them as captain, including seven internationals.[1]
Following the death of Wiremu Heke in 1989, Richardson was the oldest living All Black.