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Bruce McLeod (rugby union)

New Zealand rugby union player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 12, 2025
Entity authorityQ19561495 ↗
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Bruce Edward McLeod (30 January 1940 – 1 May 1996) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, McLeod represented Counties at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1964 to 1970. He played 46 matches for the All Blacks including 24 internationals.

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The public source identifies “Bruce McLeod (rugby union)” as new Zealand rugby union player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bruce, McLeod and rugby.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1940, 1996, 1964, 1970—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1940-01-30. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bruce, McLeod and rugby providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 12, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q19561495. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1940, 1996, 1964 and 1970.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bruce McLeod (rugby union)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.