Rugby player
| Birth name | Geoffrey Thomas Valli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1954-11-03) 3 November 1954 (age 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nightcaps, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Nightcaps District High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Builder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Thomas Valli (born 3 November 1954) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A full-back, Valli represented Southland and North Auckland at a provincial level. He played a single game for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, against Fiji in 1980, for which the New Zealand Rugby Union did not award full international caps.
Valli's brother, Keith, was killed in the Pike River Mine disaster in 2010.
References
- ^ Laird, Lindy (26 November 2010). "Northland All Black loses brother in Greymouth tragedy". Northern Advocate. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- Knight, Lindsay. "Geoff Valli". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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