Ponty Reid | |
Birth Name: | Alan Robin Reid |
Birth Date: | 12 April 1929 |
Birth Place: | Te Kūiti, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Morrinsville, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Halfback |
Height: | 1.60 m |
Weight: | 59 kg |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1951–1957 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 5 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
Ru Provinceyears: | 1950–1958 |
Occupation: | Schoolteacher |
School: | New Plymouth Boys' High School |
Alan Robin "Ponty" Reid (12 April 1929 – 16 November 1994) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A halfback, Reid represented at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1951 to 1957. He played 17 matches for the All Blacks including 10 as captain, and appeared in five Tests. With a height of 1.6m (05.2feet), Reid is one of the shortest All Blacks ever.[1] Reid was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 1985, and he died in 1994.[2]