Roger Urbahn | |
Birth Name: | Roger James Urbahn |
Birth Date: | 31 July 1934 |
Birth Place: | Ōpunake, New Zealand |
Death Place: | New Plymouth, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Halfback |
Height: | 1.740NaN0 |
Weight: | 61kg (134lb) |
Repyears1: | 1959–60 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 3 |
Ru Provinceyears1: | 1955–66 |
Occupation: | School teacher, journalist |
School: | Stratford Technical High School |
Roger James Urbahn (31 July 1934 – 27 November 1984) was a New Zealand rugby union player, cricketer, and sports journalist.
A halfback, Urbahn played representative rugby for at a provincial level between 1955 and 1966. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1959 and 1960, playing 15 matches including three internationals. In all he scored three tries for the All Blacks.[1] An all-round sportsman, Urbahn also played Hawke Cup cricket for Taranaki.[1] He trained as a school teacher at Ardmore Teachers' Training College and worked in that profession until 1962, when he became a journalist, rising to become sports editor of the Taranaki Daily News. Urbahn died in New Plymouth on 27 November 1984.[1]