Percy Erceg

Charles Percy Erceg (28 November 1928 – 26 May 2019) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing three-quarter, Erceg represented North Auckland and Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1951 to 1952. He played nine matches for the All Blacks including four internationals.[1]

Percy Erceg
Birth nameCharles Percy Erceg
Date of birth(1928-11-28)28 November 1928
Place of birthWaipapakauri, New Zealand
Date of death26 May 2019(2019-05-26) (aged 90)
Place of deathKaitaia, New Zealand
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
SchoolSacred Heart College
Occupation(s)Insurance agent
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
All Black No. 524
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1948, 1954–56
1950–53		 North Auckland
Auckland		 25
30		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1950–52
1951–52		 New Zealand Māori
New Zealand
4
(0)

Affiliating to Ngāti Kurī,[2] Erceg represented New Zealand Māori from 1950 to 1952, and in 1951 he was awarded the Tom French Cup as the Māori player of the year.[1] He later served as a national Māori selector from 1972 to 1983, was the manager of the New Zealand Māori side that toured Australia and the Pacific Islands in 1979 and coach of the 1982 team that toured Wales.[1]

Erceg died in Kaitaia on 26 May 2019.[1]

References
  1. Knight, Lindsay. "Percy Erceg". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  2. "Update from the Kaunihera" (PDF). Ngāti Kuri Kōrero. Ngāti Kuri Trust Board (3). Winter 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
Awards
Preceded by
Manahi Paewai		 Tom French Memorial
Māori rugby union player of the year
1951		 Succeeded by
Keith Davis


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