Ian Uttley
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3 December 1941
| Born | Ian Neill Uttley 3 December 1941 Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 15 September 2015 (aged 73) near Te Pohue, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Wellington College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Victoria University of Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Kenneth Uttley (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Oil company executive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Neill Uttley (3 December 1941 – 15 September 2015) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A centre three-quarter, Uttley represented Wellington, Auckland, and Hawke's Bay at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in two matches in Auckland in May 1963, both of them Tests against the touring England team.[1] He was known as the "Grey Ghost".[2]
His father, Kenneth Uttley, represented Otago and New Zealand Universities in rugby union, and also played first-class cricket for Otago and Wellington.[1]
Uttley and his wife Christine died on 15 September 2015, when their vehicle went off the side of State Highway 5 near Te Pohue, overcorrected, and crossed into the path of a logging truck.[3] Police suspect a third vehicle may have been involved.[4]
