Mike McCool | |
Birth Name: | Michael John McCool |
Birth Date: | 15 September 1951 |
Birth Place: | Hastings, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Lock |
Height: | 1.930NaN0 |
Weight: | 108kg (238lb) |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 1 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1979 |
Ru Province: | Hawke's Bay Wairarapa Bush |
Ru Provinceyears: | 1972–78 1979–83 |
Ru Provincecaps: | 77 50 |
Ru Provincepoints: | (0) (4) |
Michael John McCool (15 September 1951 – 23 June 2020) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, McCool attended Kererū School, and then St. Patrick's College, Silverstream, where he was a member of the 1st XV in 1968.[1]
He represented Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa Bush at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1979. He played two matches for the All Blacks, including one test match against Australia.[2]
McCool died while working on his family lifestyle property in the Auckland region on 23 June 2020, survived by his wife, Deb, and four of their five children.[3] [4]