Jack Gleeson (rugby union)
Rugby player
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Jack Gleeson (died November 1979) was a New Zealand rugby union team coach.[1][2]
BornJack Gleeson
New Zealand
Died1979
Years
Team
Years
Team
| Born | Jack Gleeson New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||
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Career
Gleeson coached the New Zealand national under-21 rugby union team from 1975 to 1976 and the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) from 1977 to 1978.[3][4]
He was the coach (officially titled assistant manager) for the 1978 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland, where the All Blacks completed their first Grand Slam of four international match wins on tour of Britain and Ireland – the Rothmans Rugby Yearbook described him as a "shrewd and effective coach".[5]
Death
Gleeson died from cancer in 1979.[6]
