JJ Stewart
John Joseph Stewart All Blacks coach, he was the right man at the right time for a team that was scarred and in crisis from a home loss to the British Lions in 1971, a controversial British tour in 1972–73 and a cancelled Springbok tour in 1973.
Stewart was New Zealand selector and All Black coach from 1973 to 1976. For the tour of Australia in 1974 he ditched many stalwarts, picking
New Zealand Rugby Football Union
council from 1985 to 1990.
He was born in Northcote, Auckland and died (of cancer) in New Plymouth. He was educated at
Auckland University College, Auckland Teachers' Training College and Massey University
(BA). He earned a degree at 71, and was a Massey University councillor for 12 years.
He was a teacher at
Christchurch Central seat in a by-election, but was unsuccessful.[2]
He married Claire Campbell in 1961; she was later a mayor of New Plymouth. They left a daughter and four sons.
Stewart was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours.[3]
References
- ISBN 0-908564-73-2.
- ^ "By-election list closes with 18 vying for Labour seat". The Press. 21 July 1979. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 49376". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 11 June 1983. p. 34.
- Obituary in Evening Post (Wellington) of 21 November 2002.
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