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Birth Name: | Alexander Marshall Paterson |
Birth Date: | 31 October 1885 |
Birth Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Loose forward |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1908–1910 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 5 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (3) |
Ru Province: | South Island |
Ru Provinceyears: | 1908–14, 1920–21 1908–1911 |
Ru Provincecaps: | 43 4 |
Occupation: | Labourer[1] |
Alexander Marshall Paterson (31 October 1885 – 29 July 1933) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A loose forward, Paterson represented at a provincial level each side of World War I, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1908 and 1910. He played nine matches for the All Blacks including five internationals.[2]
Paterson collapsed and died suddenly while at a rugby match at Carisbrook on 29 July 1933,[3] and was buried at Andersons Bay Cemetery.[1]