Mick Cossey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mick Cossey

New Zealand rugby union player (1935-1986)

Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1935

Place of Birth: Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Death: 24-May-1986

Profession: rugby union player

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Mick Cossey

  • Raymond Reginald "Mick" Cossey (21 January 1935 – 24 May 1986) was a New Zealand rugby union player.
  • A second five-eighth and centre, Cossey represented Auckland, Poverty Bay, and Counties at a provincial level.
  • He played just one match for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks: the first test against the touring Australian side in 1958.A schoolteacher, Cossey taught at Patutahi School, near Gisborne, in the mid-1950s, where one of his students was future All Black Ian Kirkpatrick.
  • Cossey was killed in an accident at a railway crossing in 1986, and his ashes were buried in Papakura Cemetery.

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