Roy White | |
Birth Name: | Roy Maxwell White |
Birth Date: | 18 October 1917 |
Birth Place: | Dannevirke, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Flanker |
Height: | 1.85 m |
Weight: | 92 kg |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1946–1947 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 4 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (3) |
Ru Provinceyears: | 1939–1948 |
Ru Provincecaps: | 43 |
School: | Hastings High School |
Roy Maxwell White (18 October 1917 – 19 January 1980) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A flanker, White represented at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1946 and 1947. He played 10 matches for the All Blacks including four internationals.
He was selected as one of the 5 players of the year for the 1945 season in the Rugby Almananac of New Zealand.[1]
He captained the All Blacks once, in a mid-week game against a New South Wales XV during the 1947 tour of Australia.[2]