death_date ru_nationalcaps birth_date ru_provinceyears ru_nationalyears allblackno ru_provincecaps ru_nationalteam ru_province death_place ru_nationalpoints ru_position name occupation allblackid birth_place height weight article_title birth_name
31 august 1985 3 28 july 1913 1931 -- 39 1944 -- 46 1938 441 43 14 new zealand 1 south canterbury wellington wellington , new zealand -lrb- 4 -rrb- wing tom morrison menswear retailer 632 gisborne , new zealand 1.80 m ftin 0 on 79 kg lb on tom morrison -lrb- rugby union -rrb-
 thomas clarence morrison
tom morrison -lrb- rugby union -rrb-

thomas clarence morrison -lrb- 28 july 1913 -- 31 august 1985 -rrb- was a new zealand rugby union player and administrator .
a wing three-quarter , morrison represented south canterbury and wellington at a provincial level .
he was a member of the new zealand national side , the all blacks , on their 1938 tour of australia , playing in five matches including three internationals .
he later served on the executive of the new zealand rugby union from 1946 to 1968 , and was its chairman between 1962 and 1968 .
he was also a national selector between 1950 and 1956 .
during world war ii morrison served with the 27th -lrb- machine gun -rrb- battalion , enlisting as a corporal in 1939 .
in february 1942 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant .
in the 1968 new year honours , morrison was appointed a commander of the order of the british empire for services to sport , especially rugby football .
he died on 31 august 1985 and his ashes were buried in makara cemetery , wellington .
