Perry Harris

{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union player (1946–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Perry Harris | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | birth_name = Perry Colin Harris | birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|01|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Feilding, New Zealand | death_place = Papamoa, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|08|08|1946|01|11|df=yes}} | position = Prop | height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|101|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}} | repyears1 = 1976 | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = 0 | province1 = Manawatu | provinceyears1 = 1970–78 | provinceapps1 = 106 | provincepoints1 = | relatives = Nathan Harris (first cousin twice removed) | school = Feilding Agricultural High School }}

'''Perry Colin Harris''' (11 January 1946 – 8 August 2021) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Harris represented Manawatu at a provincial level, and was called into the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, as a replacement on their 1976 tour of South Africa. He played four matches for the All Blacks including one international.<ref name="AB profile">{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=360 |title = Perry Harris | last = Akers | first = Clive | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 1 October 2014}}</ref>

Harris died in Papamoa on 8 August 2021, aged 75.<ref name="AB profile"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/300379342/manawat-rugby-legend-and-former-all-black-prop-perry-harris-dies |title=Manawatū rugby legend and former All Black prop Perry Harris dies |first=George |last=Heagney |date=10 August 2021 |work=Manawatū Standard |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref>

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