Ronald Alexander Jarden (born 14 December 1929,

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and died 18 February 1977,

), better known as Ron Jarden, was a New Zealand

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footballer, businessman, and sharebroker.

Career

Rugby career

Jarden played club rugby for

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in 1949, and was selected to play provincial rugby for

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(on the

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) that year. He practised daily at goal-kicking and also lineout throwing (which was performed by wingers in those days). He was selected for the North Island team in 1950 and then the

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in 1951. He played 16 Tests and 21 other matches for the All Blacks before retiring in 1956 following the tour of the South African team. He was voted New Zealand Sportsman of the year in 1951.

Business career

He had graduated from Victoria with a Bachelor of Arts in 1953, and his retirement from rugby in 1956 was to concentrate on his business career with

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. He was very successful in business and eventually started his own stockbroking firm RA Jarden & Co, which is now Jarden Securities Limited, New Zealand's largest investment bank. He was appointed chairman of the Broadcasting Council which governed New Zealand's broadcasting system in 1975. Jarden died on 18 February 1977 from a heart attack. In 2008, he was posthumously inducted into the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jarden, Ron 1929 births 1977 deaths New Zealand rugby union players Rugby union wings Victoria University of Wellington alumni Rugby union players from Lower Hutt New Zealand international rugby union players People educated at Hutt Valley High School