Peter Johnstone (rugby union)
| Date of birth | 9 August 1922 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Mosgiel, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 October 1997 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Wānaka, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Mosgiel District High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Johnstone (9 August 1922 – 18 October 1997) was a New Zealand
Johnstone was a key member of the Otago Ranfurly Shield team from 1947 to 1950. He continued to support the Taieri club after his playing days and was coach of the first Taieri team to win the Dunedin premier banner, sharing it with University A in 1955.[3]
Johnstone saw that the Taieri club needed a better ground and clubrooms, and he used his bridge-building business to help develop the new ground beside the Silverstream. It was named in his honour. The club has the best grounds in Otago and they are used when inner-city grounds were too wet to play on. The clubrooms are among the biggest in Dunedin.[3]
Johnstone was an Otago selector from 1959 to 1961 and also served as president of the Otago Rugby Football Union.[1]
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