Lawrence Alfred George Knight (16 July 1901 – 24 December 1973) was a New Zealand

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player. He was educated at Ellerslie Primary and then

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. A loose forward, Knight represented and captained

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at a provincial level, making his debut as a 19-year-old. Knight was a member of the New Zealand national side, the

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, in 1925. He played five matches for the All Blacks but did not appear in any tests. He died in Auckland in 1973, four months before his son

Lawrie Knight Lawrence Gibb Knight (born 24 September 1949) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A lock and loose forward, Knight represented Auckland and Poverty Bay at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All B ...

was named in the 1974 All Blacks, and his ashes were buried at Purewa Cemetery. Knight's younger brother,

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, was also an All Black. His cousin, Orton Wallace "Wally" Knight, was an Auckland, Manawatu and

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representative and also played for England Services during

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