Keith Gudsell | |
Birth Name: | Keith Eric Gudsell |
Birth Date: | 19 October 1924 |
Birth Place: | Whanganui, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Hamilton, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Second five eighth, centre |
Height: | 1.750NaN0 |
Weight: | 82kg (181lb) |
Ru Nationalteam: | NZ Universities Australian Universities |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1945, 1947 1949 1951 1951 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 0 3 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) (0) |
Ru Province: | New South Wales |
Ru Provinceyears: | 1956 |
Ru Provincecaps: | 3 |
Occupation: | Veterinarian Bloodstock agent |
School: | Wanganui Technical College |
Keith Eric Gudsell (19 October 1924 – 7 July 2007) was a New Zealand rugby union footballer who played for both the country of his birth and Australia. A midfield back, Gudsell represented, and at a provincial level in New Zealand, and New South Wales at state level in Australia. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1949 tour of South Africa, appearing in six matches but no internationals.[1] Having graduated with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from Massey Agricultural College in 1949,[2] Gudsell then studied veterinary science at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1954.[3] [4] During this time he played three tests for Australia against the touring All Blacks in 1951.[3]