Bruce Gemmell

Bruce Gemmell
Full name Bruce McLeod Gemmell
Date of birth (1950-05-12) 12 May 1950
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
School Auckland Grammar School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Halfback
New Zealand No. 729
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1969–78 Auckland 60
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1974 New Zealand 2 (0)

Bruce McLeod Gemmell (born 12 May 1950) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School where he was a member of the 1st XV between 1966 and 1968. A halfback, Gemmell represented Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1974 tour of Australia and Fiji. He played six matches on that tour including two internationals. Gemmell retired from rugby in 1978 because of an ongoing head injury.[1]

References

  1. Knight, Lindsay. "Bruce Gemmell". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 23 December 2014.


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