Rugby player
Birth name | Wallace Frankham Snodgrass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1898-04-24)24 April 1898 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nelson, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 16 July 1976(1976-07-16) (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Masterton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Nelson College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | William Wallace Snodgrass (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Clerk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wallace Frankham "Frank" Snodgrass (24 April 1898 – 16 July 1976) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing, Snodgrass represented Hawke's Bay and Nelson at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1923 and 1928. He played three matches for the All Blacks but did not play any internationals.
Snodgrass was educated at Nelson College from 1912 to 1913. His father was William Snodgrass, who served as Mayor of Nelson from 1917 to 1921 and was a member of the Legislative Council.
References
- Knight, Lindsay. "Frank Snodgrass". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition
- "Disappeared". Auckland Star. 21 March 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
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