Ian MacRae
| File:Ian MacRae (cropped).jpg MacRae in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Ian Robert MacRae 6 April 1943 Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Rangiora High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Robert MacRae ONZM (born 6 April 1943) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, MacRae represented West Coast, Bay of Plenty and Hawke's Bay at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1963 to 1970. He played 28 matches for the All Blacks—three as captain—including 17 internationals.[1]
McRae went on to be involved in rugby as a coach and administrator. He served on the Super 12 judiciary panel between 1996 and 1998,[2] and was elected president of the New Zealand Rugby Union in 2013.[3] He also served as president of the New Zealand Rugby Museum.[4]
In the 2012 New Year Honours, MacRae was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to rugby.[5]
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- 1943 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Christchurch
- People educated at Rangiora High School
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- West Coast rugby union players
- Bay of Plenty rugby union players
- Hawke's Bay rugby union players
- Rugby union centres
- Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- New Zealand Rugby Football Union officials
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1940s birth stubs