ru_nationalteam death_date death_place ru_clubyears birth_place ru_nationalcaps ru_proclubs article_title name birth_date image ru_position birth_name ru_nationalyears
all blacks 1 april 1922 auckland , new zealand 1875 -- 77,80,82,83 auckland , new zealand 7 auckland george carter -lrb- rugby union -rrb-
 george carter 8 april 1854 george carter -lrb- all black -rrb- . jpg forward george carter 1884
george carter -lrb- rugby union -rrb-

george carter -lrb- -- -rrb- was one of new zealand 's first ever rugby union representatives .
playing for the all blacks .
representing new zealand in 7 matches in 1884 .
carter won praise from team manager samuel sleigh who wrote : `` no amount of knocking seemed to have the slightest effect on this hard-working forward . ''
he came into the new zealand team for the australian tour after bob whiteside and then frank clayton withdrew .
george carter had a first-class record : auckland 187577,80,82,83 -lrb- auckland -rrb- .
`` george carter 's association with rugby dates back to the codes earliest days in auckland '' .
