death_date ru_nationalcaps birth_date ru_provinceyears ru_nationalyears allblackno ru_provincecaps ru_nationalteam ru_province death_place ru_nationalpoints image ru_position other name school allblackid birth_place height ru_amateurclubs weight article_title birth_name
30 april 1918 2 01 december 1877 1900 -- 1905 1904 -- 1906 112 14 new zealand canterbury jerusalem , palestine -lrb- 6 -rrb- eric harper.jpg centre yes eric harper christchurch boys high 357 papanui , canterbury region , new zealand 1.8 christchurch 80 kg lbs on eric harper
 eric tristram harper
eric harper

eric tristram harper -lrb- 1 december 1877 -- 30 april 1918 -rrb- was a new zealand sportsman , who is most notable for playing rugby union for the new zealand national rugby union team and in 1905 became one of the original all blacks when he toured britain and ireland with dave gallaher 's team .
a keen athlete , harper was a hurdler at national level , and also played cricket representing canterbury .
in 1918 , while serving in the new zealand expeditionary force during world war i , he was killed in action in jerusalem ; becoming one of 11 new zealand rugby internationals to die during the conflict .
