Billy Wallace
A True Rugby Legend
$39.01
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
7 August 2022
Summary
In 1905, Billy Wallace was selected to represent New Zealand on a rugby tour of the British Isles, France, and North America. This landmark tour saw the team become known as The Original All Blacks, and it was during this time that Billy Wallace showcased his exceptional skills to the world.
Wallace’s rugby career boasts numerous highlights, including:
- Scoring the first points for New Zealand in an international test match.
- Becoming the first New Zealander to sc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776890064 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 177689006X |
| Author: | Denis Dwyer |
| Publisher: | David Bateman Ltd |
| Imprint: | David Bateman Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 7 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 324mm x 153mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Denis Dwyer
Denis Dwyer has been passionately involved in sport since he played for an Oamaru junior rugby team in 1951. Now he is a recreational walker and a volunteer at the New Zealand Rugby Museum in Palmerston North. It was the donation of Billy Wallace’s massive scrapbook to the museum by his grandchildren in 2019 that triggered this biography. His previous publications include New Zealand on Foot, New Zealand Adventures by Rail and the biographies Black Jersey, Silver Fern: Tom Ellison — First Maori to Captain the All Blacks and The Good Citizen: The Story of the Remarkable Tom Ryan: All Black, Artist, Entrepreneur, Sailor, Adventurer. Denis also has a personal rugby connection to the Wallace era — his grandfather Jack Dwyer, whom he remembers well, was a playing contemporary of Billy Wallace for Otago.
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