What is Colin Meads?
{{Infobox person | name = Colin Earl Meads | image = Sir Colin Meads 2015.jpg | caption = Meads in August 2015 | birth_date = 3 June 1936 | birth_place = [[Cambridge]], [[New Zealand]], [[India]] | nationality = [[New Zealanders]] | death_place = [[Te Kuiti]], New Zealand | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Coach and manager | organization = | known_for = | spouse = | children = | parents = | awards = | honours = | website = }} Sir '''Colin Earl Meads''' (3 June 1936 – 20 August 2017) was a New Zealand [[rugby union]] player, coach and manager. == Early life and Career == He was born in [[Cambridge, New Zealand|Cambridge]], [[New Zealand]]. He played 55 test matches (133 total games), most frequently in the [[Lock (rugby union)|lock forward]] position, for New Zealand's national team, the [[New Zealand national rugby union team|All Blacks]], from 1957 until 1971. Nicknamed 'Pinetree', he was an icon within New Zealand rugby, and was named the country's Player of the Century at the NZRFU Awards in 1999. Meads died on 20 August 2017 in [[Te Kuiti]], New Zealand of [[pancreatic cancer]] at the age of 81.<ref name=Dea>{{cite news | title=Legendary former All Black Sir Colin Meads has died aged 81, say reports | url=http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2017/08/legendary-former-all-black-sir-colin-meads-has-died-aged-81-say-reports.html | newspaper=[[Newshub]] | date=20 August 2017 | df=dmy | access-date=20 August 2017 | archive-date=20 August 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820074355/http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2017/08/legendary-former-all-black-sir-colin-meads-has-died-aged-81-say-reports.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070227025934/http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/ABProfilee.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&IDID=601 NZ Rugby Museu