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Morrie Church

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Morrie Church
Personal information
Full nameMaurice Walter Church
Born(1922-10-04)4 October 1922
New Zealand
Died4 January 1981(1981-01-04) (aged 58)
Porirua, New Zealand
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
Mirimar (WRL)
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1970 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 0
Source: RLP

Maurice Walter "Morrie" Church QSM (4 October 1922 – 4 January 1981) was a New Zealand rugby league coach who coached New Zealand.

Family

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Morrie was married to Joy Church (née Bracefield). They had six children Barry, Irene, David, Allan, Graham and Stephen.

Playing career

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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

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  1. ^ Wellington Grand Final Programme 2003 Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 12 September 2003
  2. ^ "No. 47725". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 30 December 1978. p. 41.
  3. ^ Corlett, Ailsa (30 March 2015). "Maurice Walter Church". McGraw Clark Families. Retrieved 31 July 2015.