Tom Ellison was captain of NZ's first official rugby team in 1893. He invented the wing forward position and in 1903 wrote one of the game's first coaching manuals.
Tom Ellison
Personal details
Full Name:
Thomas Rangiwahia Ellison
Lifetime:
1866 to 1868 – 2 Oct 1904
Biography
Articles
Māori rugby timeline
This timeline covers some of the key events and major players in the history of Māori rugby. It was compiled to mark the centenary of the first official New Zealand Māori team. Read the full article
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This timeline covers some of the key events and major players in the history of Māori rugby. It was compiled to mark the centenary of the first official New Zealand Māori
Main image: Thomas Ellison, rugby player
Thomas Ellison was a talented player and rugby thinker who played in the New Zealand Natives’ Rugby Tour of 1888/89 and captained the first official New Zealand representative team in 1893.See also: biography of Thomas Ellison