Morrie Church
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| Full name | Maurice Walter Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 October 1922 New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 January 1981 (aged 58) Porirua, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maurice Walter "Morrie" Church QSM (4 October 1922 – 4 January 1981) was a New Zealand rugby league coach who coached New Zealand.
Family
[edit]Morrie was married to Joy Church (née Bracefield). They had six children Barry, Irene, David, Allan, Graham and Stephen.
Playing career
[edit]Church coached Miramar in the Wellington Rugby League competition and in 1970 coached the New Zealand Kiwis for three matches.[1]
In the 1979 New Year Honours, Church was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service.[2] He died in Porirua on 4 January 1981.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Wellington Grand Final Programme 2003 Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 12 September 2003
- ^ "No. 47725". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 30 December 1978. p. 41.
- ^ Corlett, Ailsa (30 March 2015). "Maurice Walter Church". McGraw Clark Families. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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