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Rugby player

Gordon Lawson

Birth name

Gordon Pirie Lawson

Date of birth

(1899-09-15)15 September 1899

Place of birth

Timaru, New Zealand

Date of death

13 September 1985(1985-09-13) (aged 85)

Place of death

Timaru, New Zealand

Height

1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

73 kg (161 lb)

School

Timaru Boys' High School

Occupation(s)

Auctioneer

Rugby union career

Provincial / State sides
Position(s)	First five-eighth
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1921–30	South Canterbury	39	()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1925	New Zealand	0	(0)

Gordon Pirie Lawson (15 September 1899 – 13 September 1985) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He was educated at Timaru Main School and then Timaru Boys' High School. A first five-eighth, Lawson representedSouth Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1925 tour of New South Wales. He played just two matches on that tour, and did not appear in any test matches for the All Blacks.

After retiring Lawson took an active part in rugby administration, being the president of the Timaru High School Old Boys club between 1940 and 1947, and a South Canterbury selector in 1947. His three brothers, Douglas, Allan and William all played for South Canterbury.

Lawson died in Timaru on 13 September 1985, and was buried at Timaru Cemetery.

References

^ Knight, Lindsay. "Gordon Lawson". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
Chester, Rod; McMillan, Neville; Palenski, Ron (1987). The Encyclopedia of New Zealand Rugby. Auckland: Moa Publications. p. 97. ISBN 0-908570-16-3.
"Cemetery search". Timaru District Council. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

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