Mick Cossey Explained

Mick Cossey
Birth Name:Raymond Reginald Cossey
Birth Date:21 January 1935
Birth Place:Papakura, New Zealand
Death Place:Drury, New Zealand
Ru Position:Second five-eighth
Centre
Wing
Height:1.780NaN0
Weight:84kg (185lb)
Repyears1:1958
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0
Province3:Counties
Provinceyears1:1953–54
Provinceyears2:1956–57
Provinceyears3:1958–62
Provinceapps1:5
Provinceapps2:18
Provinceapps3:51
Occupation:Schoolteacher
School:Otahuhu College

Raymond Reginald "Mick" Cossey (21 January 1935 – 24 May 1986) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, Cossey represented,, and Counties at a provincial level. He played just one match for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks: the first test against the touring Australian side in 1958.[1]

A schoolteacher, Cossey taught at Patutahi School, near Gisborne, in the mid-1950s, where one of his students was future All Black Ian Kirkpatrick.[1]

Cossey was killed in an accident at a railway crossing in 1986,[1] and his ashes were buried in Papakura Cemetery.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mick Cossey . Knight . Lindsay . New Zealand Rugby Union . 22 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Burial record for Raymond Reginald Cossey (cremation) . Auckland Council . 22 January 2018.
  3. Web site: Burial record for Raymond Reginald Cossey (burial) . Auckland Council . 22 January 2018.