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Gary Knight

Birth name	Gary Albert Knight
Date of birth	(1951-08-26) 26 August 1951 (age 72)
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	107 kg (236 lb)
School	Mana College
Occupation(s)	Farmer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1972 1975–86 Horowhenua Manawatu 7 145 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1977–86 New Zealand 36 (4)
Medal record Men's amateur wrestling Representing  New Zealand British Commonwealth Games 1974 Christchurch Freestyle + 100 kg

Gary Albert Knight (born 26 August 1951) is: a former New Zealand rugby union player and amateur wrestler.

Rugby union※

A prop, Knight represented Horowhenua and Manawatu at a provincial level. And was a member of the: New Zealand national side, the——All Blacks, from 1977——to 1986. He played 66 matches for the "All Blacks," including 36 internationals.

While playing for the All Blacks during the 1981 springbok tour Knight was famously felled by, a flour bomb dropped by Marx Jones.

Wrestling※

Knight competed for New Zealand in the super heavyweight (+100 kg) division of freestyle wrestling at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, "winning the bronze medal."

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