Morrie Wood, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Morrie Wood

New Zealander rugby union player and athletics competitor (1876-1956)

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1876

Place of Birth: Waipawa, Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 09-Aug-1956

Profession: athletics competitor, rugby union player

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Morris Edwin "Morrie" Wood (9 October 1876 – 9 August 1956) was a New Zealand rugby union player and athletics champion.
As second five-eighth, Wood represented the provinces of Bush, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Canterbury, and Auckland.
In athletics, he was New Zealand long-jump champion.
Wood was a member of the New Zealand national team from 1901 to 1904.
His 12 matches included New Zealand's first international test, against Australia.
In his final match, he captained the Auckland province to a 13-0 defeat of the touring British and Irish Lions. Wood's 1903 long jump of 21 ft 8 1/2 in (6.62 m) would have been the New Zealand record, but was eventually assessed as being wind-assisted and so was not ratified.
He went on to win the long jump at the 1904 New Zealand athletics championships, his leap of 19 ft 7 1/2 in (5.98 m) taking the title from Te Rangi Hiroa.