Neil Thimbleby | |
Birth Name: | Neil William Thimbleby |
Birth Date: | 19 June 1939 |
Birth Place: | Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Napier, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Prop |
Height: | 1.780NaN0 |
Weight: | 98kg (216lb) |
Repyears1: | 1970 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Ru Province1: | Hawke's Bay |
Ru Provinceyears1: | 1959–71 |
Ru Provinceapps1: | 158 |
School: | Marton District High School |
Neil William Thimbleby (19 June 1939 – 19 March 2024) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Thimbleby represented Hawke's Bay at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1970 tour to South Africa. He played 13 matches for the All Blacks on that tour, including one international.[1] Thimbleby died in Napier on 19 March 2024, at the age of 84.[2]