Ian Botting

{{short description|New Zealand & England international rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Ian Botting | honorific_suffix = | image = Ian Botting 1948.jpg | caption = Botting in 1948 | nickname = | birth_name = Ian James Botting | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|05|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Dunedin, New Zealand | death_place = Christchurch, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|07|09|1922|05|18|df=yes}} | ru_position = Wing | height = {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|78|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}} | repteam2 = {{nrut|England}} | repyears1 = 1949 | repyears2 = 1950 | repcaps1 = 0 | repcaps2 = 2 | reppoints1 = 0 | reppoints2 = 0 | province1 = Otago | province2 = Leicester Tigers | provinceyears1 = | provinceyears2 = 1951–1953 | provinceapps1 = | provinceapps2 = 38 | provincepoints1 = | provincepoints2 = 45 | occupation = Anglican priest | family = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | school = Christ's College | university = University of Otago<br>University of Oxford }} thumb|upright=1.1|Botting with family in 1959

'''Ian James Botting''' (18 May 1922 – 9 July 1980) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented both his country of birth and England. A wing three-quarter, Botting played for Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1949 tour of South Africa. He played nine matches for the All Blacks on that tour, but did not appear in any internationals. Following the tour, Botting became a student at the University of Oxford and in 1950 he made two test appearances for England in that year's Five Nations Championship. He joined Leicester Tigers in 1951 and made his debut 1 December 1951 against Harlequins. He played in 38 matches for Leicester, scoring 15 tries, his final match was on Tuesday 7 April 1953 against Exeter.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Farmer|first1=Stuart|last2=Hands|first2=David|title=Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club|publisher=The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation|isbn=978-0-9930213-0-5|page=136}}</ref>

An ordained Anglican minister, Botting was killed when he was knocked from his bicycle by a motor vehicle in Christchurch in 1980.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=76 |title = Ian Botting | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 17 August 2015}}</ref>

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