# Archie McCormick

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{{short description|New Zealand rugby union player (1899-1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name             = Archie McCormick
| honorific-suffix =
| image            = Archie McCormick 1925.jpg
| caption          = McCormick in 1925
| nickname         = 
| birth_name       = Archibald George McCormick
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1899|02|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch), New Zealand
| death_place      = Christchurch, New Zealand
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1969|02|08|1899|02|23|df=yes}}
| position         = [Hooker](/source/Rugby_union_positions)
| height           = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight           = {{convert|89|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| repteam1         = {{nrut|New Zealand}}
| repyears1        = 1925
| repcaps1         = 0
| reppoints1       = 0
| province1        = {{Rut|Canterbury}}
| province2        = [Ashburton County](/source/Ashburton_County_Rugby_Union)
| provinceyears1   = 1924–26
| provinceyears2   = 1927–30
| provinceapps1    = 10
| provinceapps2    = 12
| provincepoints1  = 
| relatives        = [Fergie McCormick](/source/Fergie_McCormick) (son)<br>[Andrew McCormick](/source/Andrew_McCormick_(rugby_union)) (grandson)
}}

'''Archibald George McCormick''' (23 February 1899 – 8 February 1969) was a New Zealand [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player. A [hooker](/source/Rugby_union_positions), McCormick represented {{Rut|Canterbury}} and [Ashburton County](/source/Ashburton_County_Rugby_Union) at a provincial level. After playing two games for Canterbury in 1924, McCormick was selected for the New Zealand national side, the [All Blacks](/source/All_Blacks), on their [1925 tour of New South Wales](/source/1925_New_Zealand_rugby_union_tour_of_New_South_Wales) but, as one of three hookers in the touring party, only played in one match. He did not appear in any Test matches.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=555 |title = Archie McCormick | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 7 February 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = The Encyclopedia of New Zealand Rugby|last = Chester|first = Rod|publisher = Moa Publications|year = 1987|isbn = 0-908570-16-3|location = Auckland, New Zealand|pages = 103, 104|last2 = McMillan|first2 = Neville|last3 = Palenski|first3 = Ron}}</ref>

He was also the national amateur heavyweight [boxing](/source/boxing) champion in 1922 and 1923.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxingnz.org.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=3915c91c-eda5-4a33-9c95-9d99fd1c8759 |title=New Zealand amateur boxing champions |publisher=Boxing New Zealand |accessdate=20 April 2018}}</ref>

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Category:Rugby union players from Christchurch
Category:New Zealand rugby union players
Category:New Zealand international rugby union players
Category:Canterbury rugby union players
Category:Mid Canterbury rugby union players
Category:Rugby union hookers
Category:New Zealand male boxers
Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen

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